> What I'd love to see is an open source version of discord take off Isn't this basically the matrix protocol? It already has millions of users (mostly in the

> What I'd love to see is an open source version of discord take off Isn't this basically the matrix protocol? It already has millions of users (mostly in the french and german governments, I think) and they're pretty serious about UX and security. Anyone can run a server, and there's no issue with messaging someone who uses a different server than you use. Messages and private channels are e2e encrypted, so even the server operator can't see them, and it supports modern features like editing/deleting messages, file sharing, messaging from more than one device, seeing messages that were sent when you were offline, and things like that. To your specific complaint with IRC, matrix also has a pretty innovative feature that I like called "spaces", which are groupings of channels (with a many-to-many relation between spaces and channels). So I can make a "best functional programming channels" space that can have many channels with different moderation teams, etc.