Matrix is so technical because it's the website that explains the protocol behind it. Matrix is a protocol, more similar to IRC, you can access it with the clie

Matrix is so technical because it's the website that explains the protocol behind it. Matrix is a protocol, more similar to IRC, you can access it with the client of your choice. This is our course how all of the internet used to work until companies started making their own walled gardens :) But because of this the usage itself is better described by the various client websites like element.