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Just like IRC, Matrix has became a part of my social life online. My room can be found from my discuss page alongside some protocol comparison and my main accounts are in index.
I also have a txt with a list of all my accounts which has SSH signature.
Matrix-related posts
Note that this section is manually updated and might be missing some links.
- Critique
- Inconsistency issues of Element, Element and Element, also privacy concerns
- Without selfhosting a homeserver or even then, Matrix moderation tools rely on security through obscurity
- A couple of words on protocols (on the Discuss page)
Questions and Answers
Why so many accounts?
In my opinion it’s preferable to have multiple accounts on different homeservers for ensuring decentralisation instead of having a single authority in power and being able to issue commands from multiple servers in case of federation meltdown which multiple rooms experienced during the period of room version 9 before homeserver software started to nag on unintentionally open registration refusing to start.
Why do you use Matrix URI scheme instead of matrix.to?
I dislike matrix.to as a concept. It’s a centralized service on decentralized protocol and in my opinion it shows lack of self-esteem on Matrix side considering neither XMPP or IRC require something like it, both of those trust being known or handled appropiately.
Which client do you recommend?
The one that fits your needs. Personally I mix-and-match:
- FluffyChat on mobile
- I am a Finnish translator and moderator. It does multiple accounts.
- hydrogen.element.io PWA mainly on mobile, sometimes on desktop
- It’s the only Matrix client that is yet to log me out randomly, very stable, multiple account support and so far the only Matrix client running on Nokia 1 (TA-1047).
- develop.element.io / Element flatpak on desktop
/devtoolsis essential (see my critiques), and they don’t support Fedora.
- Nheko nightly flatpak on desktop
- I am a Finnish translator, it’s actually the most Spec-complete client in my experience without long delays before something becomes supported and it’s lightweight probably for being a native app instead of Electron.
Which homeserver do you recommend?
I am hesistant to recommend any. Finnish users may be interested in the Linux.fi wiki listing, everyone else may be served by joinmatrix.org listing.
Why don’t you run your own?
As can be read between the lines from my critiques, I don’t consider any homeserver to be in the state that it’s either safe to run legally or lightweight enough or not require constant maintenance as opposed to IRC which I do selfhost.
The world situation in general discourages me from anything as heavy.
The lucky Matrix number is
{{site.matrixLatestRoomVersion}}, but do consult
the Spec for that and definitely ask
!servers upgrade {{site.matrixLatestRoomVersion}} from Version Checker or Fluff Generator or their siblings.