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> Matrix is comparatively lacking in features I'm curious, what features exactly you have in mind? The basic text chat feature is here, in both public and priv

• nerdponx 6y ago
  It's the little things. Integrations with Twitch and gaming platforms. Rich support for "bots". Fun custom emotes that you can use across all servers. Change your nickname. Server roles. Not to mention the default Matrix experience is somewhat slow and clunky. The client ecosystem just isn't great yet, and there's no free-as-in-beer homeserver hosting that also has good performance. Broke teenagers who want to talk about Javascript, anime, and keyboards aren't going to pay for or self-host a homeserver.
  • kevincox 6y ago
    Matrix has much better bot support than Discord. Discord bots are nerfed users, you can't mention them (well you can mention their role, but that doesn't relate to the names that they are using in chat). Matrix as an open protocol has full bot support. In fact this is what makes bridging work so well, bots have access to everything that a regular user has.