@iamthetot @Tattorack just why not trust conversations server or any other public server with encryption
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iamthetot@piefed.ca 1 day ago
Just a heads up, I feel like the people here who say things like “snikket is easy” are knowledgeable enough to forget what being a beginner is like.
I’ve been able to get both a Synapse server and a Continuwuity server up and working before I’ve been able to get anything XMPP working, including snikket. For being the older protocol, XMPP stuff just seems to be harder to find help/tutorials for, at least in my experience so far.
methuselah@toot.io 1 day ago
iamthetot@piefed.ca 1 day ago
Part of the appeal of these services, to some, is the decentralization.
poVoq@slrpnk.net 1 day ago
Snikket is definitly not harder to set up than Synapse or Condinuwuity, the difference is mainly that Matrix is based on standard web technology, so if you have some knowledge in that already, XMPP can feel a bit alien since it is an actual protocol different from http(s).
iamthetot@piefed.ca 13 hours ago
I mean, difficulty is relative mate. I just said I couldn’t get Snikket working (after multiple tries, too) but I’ve spun up both matrix servers. So I’d personally say it’s harder.