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TIL there is an fediverse alternative to Discord (matrix.org)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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About Matrix Matrix is an open protocol for decentralised, secure communications.

Matrix Manifesto We believe:

People should have full control over their own communication. People should not be locked into centralised communication silos, but instead be free to pick who they choose to host their communication without limiting who they can reach. The ability to converse securely and privately is a basic human right. Communication should be available to everyone as a free and open, unencumbered, standard and global network.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Since when does Matrix support ActivityPub, thus being part of Fediverse?

Anyway, XMPP is better.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fediverse isn't explicitly activitypub only, ostatus is often considered part of the fediverse

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

I do agree with you. It's a universe of federated software and matrix is federated. ActivityPub is an implementation of an idea.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Why is XMPP better? not that I dont believe you I just want to learn. From what I heard the XMPP server implementation is a lot faster, but the Matrix one is being rewritten in Rust I believe.

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

OMEMO, existing good clients. It's just more mature and solves all the same problems.

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

how and why is OMEMO better? and you cant verify all of a users sessions at once that they have verified them selves via cross signing

And it doesn't solve all the same problems, what if the server the muc was created on goes down? Matrix doesn't have that issue

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

Well, it's convenient. I can't speak about anything else, not being a cryptographer.

I personally would just use PGP though.

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

so you would use a encryption where if your key is leaked to someone they can read every single message you've sent?

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

For not too important things maybe. But OK, OTR is better for IM.

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

synapse is the first and most used server implementation written in python, conduit is a HS imp written in rust not by the matrix.org team so synapse isnt being rewritten in rust, some bits are being rustified but not much it seems, there is dendrite which was originally meant to replace synapse as the HS imp to scale really well, but they they changed the priorities for that to p2p and small instances

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

Thanks for clarifying