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Comment on Discord would have made a better name for a decentralized network and Matrix would have been better for a private company.

sxan@midwest.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

“Element” was originally called “Riot,” which was an even better name than “Discord.” But, then, governments started adopting Matrix and someone realized “Riot” wasn’t corporate-friendly ¯\(ツ)/¯

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thermal_shock@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
mmmm, my favorite symbiote

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spiderman@ani.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
governments use matrix for communication?

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- sxan@midwest.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Yup. It’s used by the German Bundeswehr, and by France’s DINUM.
  
  Here’s a Wired article from a few years ago about its adoption.
  
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  - spiderman@ani.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    That’s really cool.
    
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