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@ -383,18 +383,19 @@ My reasons for that are many and I am often proved correct in them.
##### Brief history of my experiences with dead homeservers ##### Brief history of my experiences with dead homeservers
Believe my concern on homeservers coming and going or not, no homeserver is Believe my concern on homeservers coming and going or not, no homeserver is
safe unless you happen to have backups on multiple independent ones. Or maybe safe, you should have backup accounts on multiple independent ones. Or maybe
I am just personally unlucky? I am just personally unlucky?
1. 2018-09-07: [Disroot.org announced Matrix closure](https://disroot.org/en/blog/matrix-closure). 1. 2018-09-07: [Disroot.org announced Matrix closure](https://disroot.org/en/blog/matrix-closure).
1. 2019-04-12: [Matrix.org was compromised](https://matrix.org/blog/2019/04/11/we-have-discovered-and-addressed-a-security-breach-updated-2019-04-12) 1. 2019-04-12: [Matrix.org was compromised](https://matrix.org/blog/2019/04/11/we-have-discovered-and-addressed-a-security-breach-updated-2019-04-12)
resulting the homeserver being down for a while, some integrations even resulting the homeserver being down for a while, some integrations even
longer and the XMPP bridge returned months later. longer and the XMPP bridge returned months later.
1. From Disroot I moved to Feneas thinking that homeserver being a paid 1. From Disroot I moved to Feneas, the <em>Fe</em>derated <em>ne</em>tworks <em>as</em>sociation, thinking that homeserver being a paid
membership benefit would help it to stay up and be reliable. However in membership benefit would help it to stay up and be reliable. However in
late 2021 and early 2022 we decided to disband the association due to [late 2021](https://gitea.blesmrt.net/mikaela/gist/src/commit/b50dacc0a457754c44ee901ce9e78988a39714fa/associations/feneas/meeting-logs/2021-12-09-annual-general-assembly.txt) and [early
2022](https://gitea.blesmrt.net/mikaela/gist/src/commit/f3277852084d1a644189c7f9198f0bf470bc0ba4/associations/feneas/meeting-logs/2022-01-04-annual-general-meeting.txt) we decided to disband the association due to
COVID-19 pandemic, lack of volunteers, lack of money (which wasn't helped COVID-19 pandemic, lack of volunteers, lack of money (which wasn't helped
by [Finnish money gathering law issues](https://github.com/liberapay/liberapay.org/issues/30) by [Finnish money gathering law issues](https://github.com/liberapay/liberapay.org/issues/30))
etc. etc.
1. Around 2023-04-24 the-apothecary.club went down and returned sometime 1. Around 2023-04-24 the-apothecary.club went down and returned sometime
2023-05-06. That would have been a long time with no communication on 2023-05-06. That would have been a long time with no communication on
@ -404,9 +405,10 @@ I am just personally unlucky?
happened there, but I am not an active member of their community and they happened there, but I am not an active member of their community and they
are volunteers like most of Matrix (excluding EMS and other paid homeserver are volunteers like most of Matrix (excluding EMS and other paid homeserver
offerings). offerings).
1. 2023-05-08 13:15 [Kapsi.fi](https://www.kapsi.fi/english.html) database 1. 2023-05-08 13:15 [Kapsi.fi](https://www.kapsi.fi/english.html)
server physically died taking down their homeserver and [database server physically died](https://www.kapsi.fi/tiedotteet/2023.html#488) taking down their homeserver and
[pikaviestin.fi](https://www.pikaviestin.fi) which hosts my main account. [pikaviestin.fi](https://www.pikaviestin.fi) (alongside [sauna.social](https://sauna.social)
and [järkkää.fi](https://jarkkaa.fi)) which hosts my main account.
#### Why do you use Matrix URI scheme instead of matrix.to? #### Why do you use Matrix URI scheme instead of matrix.to?