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gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 days agoIf they make the onboarding suck less, sure
Comment on Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month
gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 days agoIf they make the onboarding suck less, sure
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.
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. 😅
timestatic@feddit.org 2 days ago
Wait but isn’t matrix.org available to anyone now?
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.
gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
But that’s not how it works…
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.
no they’re not servers, it just is where your account info lives, and nothing else
there’s no “Explore” mode, there’s 20 websites that list servers, 5 of them are outdated, another 5 only work on a Tuesday
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
gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
Doesn’t solve the last two points