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Nothing jumps out that immediately causes me consternation as either an occasional donor or an (even more) occasional user, except perhaps the extreme delays in
by jMyles 3y ago
Nothing jumps out that immediately causes me consternation as either an occasional donor or an (even more) occasional user, except perhaps the extreme delays in responses from foundation leadership.
I broadly like matrix best of the chat/comms frameworks, but I keep turning back to signal, telegram, and whatsapp because of network effects. So, if shifting some personal efforts to the for-profit org makes sense to core devs... I can't really fault them.
Cheers to alohapersona for keeping the fire going on this issue.
- joshsimmons 3y agoHi there! Managing Director of the Foundation here. First, yes, the response times have not been great, though of course that's all been on the basis of volunteerism. Now that there's a full-time staffer you should expect better response times. Regarding the payments to Element: those are based on the many services for which we still rely on Element. The Foundation has a Master Services Agreement (MSA) with Element which includes administrative services, operation of the matrix.org homeserver, and secondment of several personnel whose responsibilities include advocacy, program management, standards work, and trust and safety. The MSA also includes provisions for the Foundation to reimburse Element for any bills they pay on our behalf. More details and context in my official reply: https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec/issues/571#issuecomment-1820037667 https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec/issues/571#issueco...