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• quips@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I hear this. What could be better? You make an account and if its federated your done. Login, boom.

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  • D06M4@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Probably the uncertainty of choosing a server and have it either vanish unexpectedly or it’s admins ban your account without prior warning or transparency, which is also pretty common here in the fediverse.

    I always help onboard people choosing one or two longstanding servers they might like. The last time I told someone to just use the matrix.org server to begin (years ago) it had closed registrations two hours earlier. Never again. 😅

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    • timestatic@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Wait but isn’t matrix.org available to anyone now?

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      • D06M4@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        It probably is. They just close registrations from time to time. But other smaller servers are usually a better choice.

        There’s a couple of server lists I like to check.

        • tatsumoto-ren.github.io/matrix/
        • servers.joinmatrix.org

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  • gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    But that’s not how it works…

    • Oh you want to get on Matrix?

    Download one of these 8 apps that’s only available through a website or F-Droid, 2 haven’t updated in 2 years, no we won’t tell you which.

    • Then go to one of the 20 million homeservers

    no they’re not servers, it just is where your account info lives, and nothing else

    • Then you have to find servers on your own

    there’s no “Explore” mode, there’s 20 websites that list servers, 5 of them are outdated, another 5 only work on a Tuesday

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    • timestatic@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Just use the Element client on desktop and Element X on mobile. Use the Matrix.org homeserver by the matrix foundation if you don’t know any other/better choice for you personally. Bam and you’re in. I actually really value the choice in clients tho. With the decentralized way of Matrix there’s lots of options but just pick the mainstream once for starters

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      • gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Doesn’t solve the last two points

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