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!
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There is an announcement room for all the latest and greatest about Lemmy World: https://matrix.to/#/#announcements:lemmy.world
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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 @ruud@lemmy.world 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
Did you know you can bridge matrix to discord? So your discord users can talk to your matrix users?
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Is Matrix just a fediverse equivalent to Discord?
Well, it’s not called fediverse specifically in the case of Matrix. But yeah, it is a federated alternative to Discord.
Ok.
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This is a very good explanation.
Its closer to a texting app from my experience
I’m sure Discord CAN behave as a texting app too
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Congrats! You’re really giving folks all the options!
Why Matrix (which from my experience is closer to a texting app) instead of Revolt? I haven’t used it personally, but Revolt looks a lot closer to Discord in terms of features and the usage experience.
Revolt isn’t federated which to me makes it not even an option.
You can use matrix for groups easily, it’s what I mainly use it for
Revolt isn’t nearly as mature as matrix is
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Matrix has some Lemmy integration already and perhaps more in the future.
How does it have lemmy integration?
I believe you can send DMs over the Matrix protocol. I’ve never looked into it.
Check out cinny.in it’s a discord styled client for matrix
One of the things I love about Lemmy is finding out about new things. Now I get to figure out what matrix is!!!
Same idea as Lemmy except for chat. Basically Reddit is to Lemmy as Slack / Discord is to Matrix. One minor detail is Matrix is actually the protocol, so it’s more like ActivityPub (which is Lemmy’s protocol), and there are specific apps for Matrix which use that protocol.
Thank you for this explanation!
You’re welcome! Glad I could help.
I heard it’s like Discord
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
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I’ve only really used it a few times, but it’s not that hard. Open a matrix app (I used FluffyChat), put in username, put in the server you want to connect to, start typing text messages, done.
You don’t know how to use it? Or how it works behind the scenes?
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You mean bridging other platforms?
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Did you try with your own self hosted server or something being hosted by someone else/a company?
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I’d be happier if LW worked every day and more people were brought in through engagement and outreach.
