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Lemmy World is now on Matrix (matrix.to)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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We know most of you were thrilled about our Discord server, so we decided to make you even happier with our very own space on matrix!

There is an announcement room for all the latest and greatest about Lemmy World: https://matrix.to/#/#announcements:lemmy.world
A General channel where everyone is welcome to join and talk: https://matrix.to/#/#general:lemmy.world

And lastly, this one is more for admins of other instances but we have opened a "LW Defense HQ" room which we want to use in our ongoing fight against spammers: https://matrix.to/#/#defense:lemmy.world

Come join us!

EDIT: Madlad @[email protected] was easily convinced to set up a lemmy.world matrix server. So I edited the links to the new space and rooms. The old ones still work too!

That means you can now also sign up for a Lemmy World matrix account. Instructions in this comment: https://lemmy.world/comment/3443207

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I heard it's like Discord

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

No, it has some differences. We don't have channels but spaces, which in discord terms are groups of different discord "servers". For example you can create a Lemmy space with different rooms (matrix equivalent of discord servers) like general, coding, fediverse etc. Inside the Lemmy space. Currently video calls are a bit finicky but it's still pretty good. Especially with E2E. For a complete clone you can use rocket.chat

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago (1 children)

thanks spez!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Aren't spaces more or less the building block for "servers"? i.e. can't you basically have channels by grouping rooms in a shared space?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Spaces are similar to discords servers/guilds yeah, but rooms don't have to be in a space and they can be in as many spaces as anyone wants

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

that's the alternative approach that matrix took. Probably has to do with technical things I don't know about. But they a little bit inconvenient and less smoother than what discord has.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It is just a matter of presentation by the client. Hopefully they figure out how to join all rooms in a space at once to make switching "channels" more smooth.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah. However, currently I don't know of any clients that do that specifically. Currently, I use schildichat (fork of element with ACTUAL linux support). I would like to use Nheko but it's E2E implementation hasn't been audited.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Native group calls are being actively worked on with element call and what Do you mean by channels?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Native group calls are being actively worked on with element call

I know, it's great! But I am just saying that it's not there yet. But hopefully soon!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

#general, #gaming etc. in discord. https://sh.itjust.works/comment/3298872

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

You can kinda have that with spaces, I don't see any reason why clients couldn't sort them like discord does, would probably need something added to the spec so they can be sorted a certain way if users wanted to

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Lol sweet. I will set it up after work.