I think Matrix suffers from some issues with large communities, for instance Graphene OS has already had to abandon 2-3 of their main group chats due to same bug and last time I checked (2-3 months ago) there has even been talks of switching to Discord. That is, just in case, a community of some of the most diehard privacy nerds btw
beta_tester@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
Cool app at first glance!
I always wonder why open source projects choose discord and not matrix?
denast@lemm.ee 4 months ago
yessikg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 months ago
I wonder why they don’t just set up a forum
ericjmorey@programming.dev 4 months ago
Perhaps they could create a community on programming.dev
helenslunch@feddit.nl 4 months ago
Matrix is a terrible experience, honestly. It’s incredibly slow and their “servers” don’t really function as a community as much as a series of chat groups.
Discord is feature-rich. And now has the option to submit posts, which drastically increases usability and searchability. But it does have a big problem with privacy and ads.
Projects like this are much better suited for something like Gitlab.
brbposting@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Element on iOS is absolutely, definitely, slow!
Desktop is better or worse or the same?
helenslunch@feddit.nl 4 months ago
Pretty much the same
beta_tester@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
matrix.org works just fine. Nowadays, the experience is as good as on any other chat app
ericjmorey@programming.dev 4 months ago
Element is the thing that’s subpar (to be generous) compared to other chat apps. Element X is better for the features that have been implemented, but the current feature set is very incomplete.
beta_tester@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
Mobile yes, desktop isn’t subpar ime
helenslunch@feddit.nl 4 months ago
Beg to differ.
Sanguine@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Matrix is cool but its user base is not there yet.
onlinepersona@programming.dev 4 months ago
By that logic, why are you on lemmy?
Sanguine@lemmy.world 4 months ago
And I’m on matrix too, but I’m just an individual. If I were trying to advertise my project I’d probably use discord / reddit as well tbh
onlinepersona@programming.dev 4 months ago
Why not both?
Also, if all projects advertised only the largest platforms, how would small platforms grow?
TheSaus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
Then stop driving people to discord alone, at least use both so there’s an option
NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 4 months ago
So… split the user (and support) base while invariably emphasizing the shortcomings of Matrix?
astraeus@programming.dev 4 months ago
You can create a webhook in Discord and in Matrix that will share messages in channels back and forth
variants@possumpat.io 4 months ago
You can link them together at least that’s how the discord and matrix chats are for our instance are
Coasting0942@reddthat.com 4 months ago
Even cooler page to sell you on the app. Very smooth gifs
PoisonedPrisonPanda@discuss.tchncs.de 4 months ago
Gifs are the USP