I wanted to mention the issues surrounding Communities. Late last year I was really interested in the possibility of migrating a community I run from Discord to

I wanted to mention the issues surrounding Communities. Late last year I was really interested in the possibility of migrating a community I run from Discord to Matrix, but the featureset and UI for Communities was just not flexible enough for our needs. Things like community-internal roles/subgroups, subflairs, & subchannels are very important for any group larger than a dozen people. Plus in Riot the focus on global channels made the UI quite confusing. (I opened an issue for one of these points but it seemingly hasn't received much dev progress so far.) (Admittedly, Matrix's focus on global chats rather than Communities makes for a pretty complicated model/system when Communities and subflairs and subchannels need to be implemented.) I really hope Matrix and Riot will be able to catch up with the other players in this respect, because Communities is a major reason why Discord has grown as big as it has. Powerful group administration tools encourage people to start communities on a platform, invite more people to them, and advertise those communities. It's imo a major driver of growth, and I'd like to see Matrix gain lots of market share. It'll be hard, but best of luck, we're cheering for you.