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I believe Riot is the future not because of its security(its attention to such is a great, great bonus) but because it's positioned itself so well as a credible

I believe Riot is the future not because of its security(its attention to such is a great, great bonus) but because it's positioned itself so well as a credible successor to IRC.

NoGravitas 10y ago
And an open replacement for Slack.
- qznc 10y ago
  Yes. I don't see Signal and Matrix in direct competition, just like WhatsApp and Slack are not in direct competition. The technology is very similar (main difference seems to be the size of chat rooms), but the use case and marketing is very different. Signal/WhatsApp is for casual mobile texting, while Matrix/Slack is for working.
  - krick 10y ago
    It might be the case, but I should would prefer being able to stick to just one messenger in the end. And I don't see why it wouldn't be Matrix as opposed to WhatsApp. (If we ignore the networking factor, of course.)
  - Perceptes 10y ago
    I think Riot is a better comparison to Slack than Matrix is. Riot is essentially the Slack experience built on the Matrix protocol, but Matrix can certainly work just as well for clients that present a Signal/WhatsApp/iMessage/SMS-style interface.