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Matrix federation is hard because they want to support large IRV style rooms with consistent history and strong controls to prevent room takeovers. Signal is m
by admax88qqq 4y ago
Matrix federation is hard because they want to support large IRV style rooms with consistent history and strong controls to prevent room takeovers.
Signal is more focused on 1:1 or small group chats. Federation there can be much simpler, more like email/xmpp than IRC.
It does still add friction and slows down youe development as upgrading is difficult.
- saynay 4y agoSignal also has a grand total of 40 employees. Keeping the application running on the various platforms takes a decent chunk of their time. Difficult development to add something like federation cannot be expected to happen quickly.