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I think this feature enables a much more discord-like environment, in which case it totally makes sense why they enabled to for everyone. Like it or not, disco

I think this feature enables a much more discord-like environment, in which case it totally makes sense why they enabled to for everyone. Like it or not, discord has taken the market for a lot of younger software projects and geeky communities. If we could get them to use foss matrix instead that’d be a huge win.

AgentME 5y ago
I'm a big fan of Matrix becoming more Discord-like. I've been in many small to medium group chats and internet communities over the last decade. About everyone I know from those jumped over to Discord shortly after it came out, and its structure ("servers" that are easy to create by anyone being the main unit which contains not only channels but a member list, roles, and moderators instead of having those each per-channel) is such an upgrade over everything we used before, to the point I was baffled that the design wasn't more copied by others. (Yeah I know that IRC is somewhat similar, but the differences make all the difference. Anyone being able to make a "server", it having a graphical identity, being able to join it through a link, that you don't register in an arcane way on each one all over again with an unconnected identity, that you get channel history, that it's integrated with voice/video chat channels, and that you're a member of all channels in it are all huge factors in how they shape their social spaces and get used.)
- nerdponx 5y ago
  I fully agree. The Slack model of having a different login per "server" is good for workplaces, but Discord is incredibly good for "communities", hobby groups, and other casual groups. As suggested by another commenter here, a hybrid model would probably be ideal for Matrix, where you could log into different spaces with different accounts if you want, but aren't forced to. I would go one step further and propose that you should be able to have multiple Element windows open, so you can have your "work" space or spaces in one window, and your other spaces in another window.
  - lucasverra 5y ago
    Use Firefox multi containers for that. [0]: https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox/addon/multi-account-containers/ https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox/addon/multi-account-co...
    - nerdponx 5y ago
      I should clarify that I prefer using desktop applications and would rather not have to chat in a browser window (even if the desktop application is technically a web browser internally).
      - BugWatch 5y ago
        Ferdi [0] is FOSS and supports multiple accounts for the same service [1]. [0] https://getferdi.com/ https://getferdi.com/ [1] https://help.getferdi.com/services/multiple-accounts https://help.getferdi.com/services/multiple-accounts

AgentME 5y ago

I'm a big fan of Matrix becoming more Discord-like. I've been in many small to medium group chats and internet communities over the last decade. About everyone I know from those jumped over to Discord shortly after it came out, and its structure ("servers" that are easy to create by anyone being the main unit which contains not only channels but a member list, roles, and moderators instead of having those each per-channel) is such an upgrade over everything we used before, to the point I was baffled that the design wasn't more copied by others. (Yeah I know that IRC is somewhat similar, but the differences make all the difference. Anyone being able to make a "server", it having a graphical identity, being able to join it through a link, that you don't register in an arcane way on each one all over again with an unconnected identity, that you get channel history, that it's integrated with voice/video chat channels, and that you're a member of all channels in it are all huge factors in how they shape their social spaces and get used.)

nerdponx 5y ago
I fully agree. The Slack model of having a different login per "server" is good for workplaces, but Discord is incredibly good for "communities", hobby groups, and other casual groups. As suggested by another commenter here, a hybrid model would probably be ideal for Matrix, where you could log into different spaces with different accounts if you want, but aren't forced to. I would go one step further and propose that you should be able to have multiple Element windows open, so you can have your "work" space or spaces in one window, and your other spaces in another window.
- lucasverra 5y ago
  Use Firefox multi containers for that. [0]: https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox/addon/multi-account-containers/ https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox/addon/multi-account-co...
  - nerdponx 5y ago
    I should clarify that I prefer using desktop applications and would rather not have to chat in a browser window (even if the desktop application is technically a web browser internally).
    - BugWatch 5y ago
      Ferdi [0] is FOSS and supports multiple accounts for the same service [1]. [0] https://getferdi.com/ https://getferdi.com/ [1] https://help.getferdi.com/services/multiple-accounts https://help.getferdi.com/services/multiple-accounts