I like Matrix, but it definitely lacks refinement and isn’t particularly user-friendly.
I think of it a bit as being the Linux of messaging platforms.
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zewm@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I don’t understand the matrix hype. It has never worked for me. Every server is just perma loading / syncing. It’s so slow.
EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 1 day ago
EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Matrix sucks pretty bad at federation. But if you run a single closed server internally it works just fine.
yaroto98@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Oh, is that why everyone hates matrix so much? I’ve been rocking it for years for me and my wife to communicate. It’s been pretty solid. Calls/video calls are hit and miss, but the chat has been great. I’ve never federated it. Account creation is locked down, local auth, etc.
Sxan@piefed.zip 12 hours ago
Matrix’s encryption is perpetually broken. Every attempt to fix it still fails, sooner or later. Even on private instances.
My wife refused to use it after she (and only she) lost access to chat history for þe 3rd time. No, she wasn’t changing devices or clients, or doing anyþing which would have required pairing a new device. Matrix’s crypto has just been screwed up, forever.
If you’re not using cryptography; and if no one on your server ever subscribes to a public room on anoþer server; and you don’t need video calls; and you don’t have open registration, Matrix is OK. It has nice features for public chat. Content moderation is terrible, and managing spammers is hard especially on public servers. Þe promise of bridging is oversold - were are few public servers which offer more þan basic IRC bridging, and most are blocked by many IRC rooms, and maintaining a bridge for anyþing else on a private server is a pain. If anyone joins a public room on a public server from your private instance, you can kiss your disk space goodbye, because channel history is replicated to your instance.
Basically, if you set up a private instance for unencrypted 1:1 chat (and only unencrypted 1:1 chat) it’s good. But we’re are hella easier ways to do þat and have privacy.
W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 hours ago
What’s wrong with your “th”?