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Lemmy World is now on Matrix (matrix.to)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by lwadmin@lemmy.world to c/lemmyworld@lemmy.world

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We know most of you were thrilled about our Discord server, so we decided to make you even happier with our very own space on matrix!

There is an announcement room for all the latest and greatest about Lemmy World: https://matrix.to/#/#announcements:lemmy.world
A General channel where everyone is welcome to join and talk: https://matrix.to/#/#general:lemmy.world

And lastly, this one is more for admins of other instances but we have opened a "LW Defense HQ" room which we want to use in our ongoing fight against spammers: https://matrix.to/#/#defense:lemmy.world

Come join us!

EDIT: Madlad @ruud@lemmy.world was easily convinced to set up a lemmy.world matrix server. So I edited the links to the new space and rooms. The old ones still work too!

That means you can now also sign up for a Lemmy World matrix account. Instructions in this comment: https://lemmy.world/comment/3443207

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[-] Steveanonymous@lemmy.world 108 points 1 year ago

One of the things I love about Lemmy is finding out about new things. Now I get to figure out what matrix is!!!

[-] asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world 71 points 1 year ago

Same idea as Lemmy except for chat. Basically Reddit is to Lemmy as Slack / Discord is to Matrix. One minor detail is Matrix is actually the protocol, so it's more like ActivityPub (which is Lemmy's protocol), and there are specific apps for Matrix which use that protocol.

[-] QuantumEyetanglement@lemmy.one 4 points 1 year ago

Thank you for this explanation!

[-] asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

You're welcome! Glad I could help.

[-] lwadmin@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year ago

I heard it's like Discord

[-] spez@sh.itjust.works 33 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

No, it has some differences. We don't have channels but spaces, which in discord terms are groups of different discord "servers". For example you can create a Lemmy space with different rooms (matrix equivalent of discord servers) like general, coding, fediverse etc. Inside the Lemmy space. Currently video calls are a bit finicky but it's still pretty good. Especially with E2E. For a complete clone you can use rocket.chat

[-] antik@lemmy.world 37 points 1 year ago

thanks spez!

[-] Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 3 points 1 year ago

Aren't spaces more or less the building block for "servers"? i.e. can't you basically have channels by grouping rooms in a shared space?

[-] ninchuka@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago

Spaces are similar to discords servers/guilds yeah, but rooms don't have to be in a space and they can be in as many spaces as anyone wants

[-] spez@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

that's the alternative approach that matrix took. Probably has to do with technical things I don't know about. But they a little bit inconvenient and less smoother than what discord has.

[-] smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

It is just a matter of presentation by the client. Hopefully they figure out how to join all rooms in a space at once to make switching "channels" more smooth.

[-] spez@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah. However, currently I don't know of any clients that do that specifically. Currently, I use schildichat (fork of element with ACTUAL linux support). I would like to use Nheko but it's E2E implementation hasn't been audited.

[-] ninchuka@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

Native group calls are being actively worked on with element call and what Do you mean by channels?

[-] spez@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

#general, #gaming etc. in discord. https://sh.itjust.works/comment/3298872

[-] ninchuka@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

You can kinda have that with spaces, I don't see any reason why clients couldn't sort them like discord does, would probably need something added to the spec so they can be sorted a certain way if users wanted to

[-] spez@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago

Native group calls are being actively worked on with element call

I know, it's great! But I am just saying that it's not there yet. But hopefully soon!

[-] Steveanonymous@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Lol sweet. I will set it up after work.

[-] mp3@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You can even add your Matrix account in your Lemmy settings so that other users can DM you securely through Matrix, not the Lemmy or Matrix admins will be able to read messages sent through that.