Matrix already exists and has a viable long-term financial plan thanks to the Matrix foundation.\
I can’t find any relevant funding for Revolt.
Unlike the Matrix Foundation, this is a private company with some sort of profit-motive in mind and 100 shares with 75% of them belonging to Pawel Makle.
Matrix is already federated. Matrix can already be self-hosted. Matrix already has a Discord-like UI. Matrix already has video calls. Matrix already has screen sharing. Matrix already has a viable financial future.
What’s with this viral marketing for this private company based in the UK, a place that similar to the US, doesn’t have the best privacy laws?
Unfortunately, matrix doesn’t have a viable plan for federation, meaning that you’d better onboard on matrix.org or else.
People saying self-hosting mastodon is hard never had to touch matrix. It’s not hard, the protocol is literally broken to the point where starting again is not an option.
I’m all in for ditching discord, but matrix is at most mediocre in almost every aspect. It’s wild how much easier it used to be with xmpp.
InfiniteHench@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I poked around with Matrix a bit this but I’m confused as to how it’s being touted as a replacement for Discord. TBC, I’ve been on Mastodon since 2019 and absolutely want these people-powered alternatives to succeed.
I’m not even talking about the onboarding part, I mean the actual function of the app. With Discord you join a community (server, whatever) and there are a bunch of separate channels, usually separated by topics. I joined a few Matrix servers and they all seem to be one single channel; just one big ol’ scrolling chat where everyone is talking about everything.
Unless I’m missing something, I don’t understand how this will work at all for Discord users looking to jump ship.
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
In Matrix they’re called Rooms if I recall correctly. Not every instance is very good about breaking it up into smaller groups, but some of them are very good at it.
matrixrooms.info/search/