I was sold on Matrix as a viable alternative to Discord but recently read this article which made it look not so good.

  • mister_monster@monero.town
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    1 year ago

    No, to be searchable by your friends you have to attach your matrix ID to your phone number and upload it to an identity server, which anyone can run of course but which is useless unless its the new vector identity server. It’s a central database of verified matrix IDs.

    • dngray@lemmy.oneM
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      1 year ago

      you have to attach your matrix ID to your phone number

      Yes, this is FUD, it’s not necessary, and entirely opt-in. Also you don’t even need to connect to the identity server.

      • mister_monster@monero.town
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        1 year ago

        Yeah, you don’t have to. But to be able to easily prove you are who you are to IRL people you will. And the decision tells you something about the product and protocol design.

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          1 year ago

          what? no you dont and the founders have said they dont like them at all since they go against the core of matrix but they make alot of sense in businesses for an internal chat app

    • ninchuka@lemmy.oneM
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      1 year ago

      you dont, users can find me just fine without sending my phone number to an idenity server, please stop spreading FUD