On the side bar it lists the following:
- [Matrix/Element]Dead
- Discord
“Discord” is an active link, but the Matrix link is completely inactive. Not only is it inactive (which could have be excused as a broken link), but it is also manually labeled as “Dead”, as if there is no intention of making it work. How can a community that is focused on privacy willingly favor a service that is privacy non-respecting when a perfectly functional privacy-respecting alternative exists?
Matrix is very primitive compared to Discord, where you can set roles for users, restrictions on users, voice chats, the controls for individual channels and subgroups within a guild/“server”.
Each matrix chat is it’s own channel. To admin multiple channels as you would on discord you just have to set up multiple matrix chats held by a common owner.
There is a mod role but you’re right that you can’t make custom ones though I honestly don’t see much need to for a simple privacy community.
And I think matrix has voice now.
But yah I get what you’re saying. Thank you for the elaboration.