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I have a Matrix client open, I've joined the rooms. As far as I can see, it's just Anders, me, and someone else popped in then left. I'm not saying it's a bad

I have a Matrix client open, I've joined the rooms. As far as I can see, it's just Anders, me, and someone else popped in then left. I'm not saying it's a bad idea, but perhaps it would be better to build up a core privately before trying to attract public attention? That or federation is broken and I'm missing pretty much all the room content..?

hestefisk 6y ago
It has to start somewhere...
- rglullis 6y ago
  I do believe that anything that helps people get away from Discord/Slack/Zoom/$CLOSED_PLATFORM_DU_JOUR is a good thing. With that said, I wonder if you realize that what you are doing here is not creating a new community but a new community center. These are very distinct things. Due to the nature of federated systems, a lot of people confuse one with the other [0]. The people who are aware of matrix and interested in open source already know how to join a server and probably even are hosting their own services. The tricky part is getting new people in and encourage them to make the switch. [0]: https://raphael.lullis.net/federations-and-identity/ https://raphael.lullis.net/federations-and-identity/
eeZah7Ux 6y ago
The FLOSS world does not need more fragmentation. It needs less. Creating bridges to connect channels and protocol is beneficial. Creating more sort-of-federated servers is not.
- hestefisk 6y ago
  But isn’t the beauty of Matrix that one can easily connect and bridge different networks? I’m think it’s difficult to equate a distributed service to fragmentation. The fragmentation is in the choice of platform / protocol.