It’s so difficult (and expensive) to run a #Matrix#Synapse server for my own domain. Is it worth it?
I started out wanting to support Matrix, and I've set up a number of channels for my community on Matrix, but everything happens on Discord and IRC right now, and we have a bridge between Discord and IRC, but we can't bridge to Matrix at the moment, so is it even worth it to keep maintaining a separate Matrix presence?
If not, I’m just gonna shut it down. I don’t want to spend the money.
@ramsey Have you considered hosting Conduit or Conduwuit, if it's just for you? For the Discord bridge, publicly hosted versions exist, eg. https://t2bot.io/discord . Note that Matrix is full-mesh, unlike XMPP, and thus generally requires more resources.
@sturmsucht@deadsuperhero He lost power because of room split due to spam; see https://telegra.ph/why-not-matrix-08-07 , point 16. It is actually Matrix's technical fault, albeit itself a complicated issue (since we're in a federated environment). Anyways, Josh (for matrix.org) actually contacted dansup early on to resolve tge issue, but I suppose communication broke down somewhere.
The US government wants to make sure only they can use DataFarming platforms to spy on and influence US citizens. They're following the example set by the CCP, which has been blocking foreign-owned platforms for years, for similar reasons.
@strypey I think "sovereign internet" as a policy direction is much more widespread than one'd think across many countries. (For an example in a "freer" jurisdiction, consider EU vs. big tech, which I see as more anti-American than actually helping consumers.) Eventually the internet will be once again broken into different regions...
@strypey I don't think Biden is really following the EU approach, there's just too much corporate interest to let that happen. Ultimately, like in India, banning TikTok benefits Meta.
I think EU's end goal is a sovereign internet (esp. how they posture against big tech), it's just that they lack teeth and also incentive for alternative platforms.
wouldn't it be neat if at least some percentage of people who are going to migrate away from telegram, migrate to open decentralized protocols like matrix?
like honestly I know some people like to hate on matrix's end to end encryption and it being too easy to lose your key, but I think it's honestly one of the if not the best solution to the problem, and it also allows you to keep in touch with your friends on other networks through 'bridges'; technically you only need one protocol for all IMs
@anthropy Matrix really doesn't market to individual users. Is it called Matrix or Element? Where do you sign up? What moderation tool is there? The information is just scattered around. On the other hand, Matrix (less for the Foundation these days, but New Vector always does that) really focuses on getting corporate/government users on board because that pays their bills...
@anthropy No, with Mastodon you have joinmastodon.org which is relatively helpful, but matrix.org looks very technical (I guess they're improving because it looked much worse before). People also don't necessarily need to know the "decentralized" part right away.
@chikorita157@GouacheAirship Do you know what exactly went down there? If it's a room moderation issue, were they aware of Draupnir? Or was it a homeserver registration issue?
@chikorita157 Okay, because tools do exist, just that they're not actively promoted (which is a problem). For moderation against federated users, there's Draupnir (a bot) + Synapse's Mjolnir module. Draupnir on its own can enforce banlists (your own or the community's) and other protections on rooms; when used in conjunction with the module, it can also hide messages & block invites for local users using the banlists. For moderation on registration though, Synapse only has an IP-based ratelimit.
Some of you are aware of the ongoing TA #strike at #McGill, and it pains me to see the administration is succeeding in actively dividing undergraduates, graduate #students, and #professors alike, by pushing all three to the absolute mental limit. We - and by that I mean all three above - must NOT let the administration tear the social fabric in our #university to put money before people. When the #union says "united we bargain, divided we beg," it means not just them, but everyone. 1/
The #university has demanded the #faculty to #scab - that is, to perform tasks usually delegated to the TAs, such as grading - despite being in a jurisdiction that explicitly prohibits scabbing. This puts every #professor between a rock and a hard place: by scabbing, they break the law and betray the #students; by not scabbing, they lose their job (most are not unionized here, and although it is wrongful dismissal, one simply cannot afford the lawsuit) and also betray the students. 2/
The existence of the law empowered the #union and many sympathizing #students, who are often unaware of the #professor's situation, to be over-passionate vigilantes for #scab behaviour. Classes were disrupted due to perceived scabbing*, and there are increasing speculation on the technicalities regarding what does and does not constitute scabbing. This further limits the options that #professors have and creates an atmosphere that encourages witchhunting. 3/
#Students are also hurting: undergraduates lose support for succeeding in courses and become increasingly frustrated with grades, while graduates lose their income, especially since the #university has also suspended every striking TA from their concurrent positions. We are also in the dark, as the administration never communicates to us about the progress of the negotiation, other than to demand #picket lines to cease. I am hearing more and more expletives on the picket line now. 4/
Today, as the #strike coincides with a pro-Palestinian #protest, more classes were reportedly disrupted. The administration condemned both picketers and protesters, painting both as the wrong, as they emphasize that "[p]olice made at least one arrest and the University has chosen to press charges." There were more #students complaining about why random classes were being unfairly disturbed. And that is how the student body is being torn apart. 5/
@chad I needed to rebot my compuer tonight and after it mastodon requred I login. And now it looks ever so different from before. (in mentioned, favourites/boosts are minimized for instance). Posting this message, I get new icons. And I can't see to find the utto at the top where system news would be announced (perhaps because I am im small wimdpw) Did you make chamges? or was my account compromised ans someone made changes to it ?
I keep saying I want to get into a relationship but in reality I don't think I am ready for it. And I guess the main reason here is that I feel like you inevitability need to share a lot of very private and personal information with your other half eventually, and I am not sure what sort of distance between partners is considered "normal". My own parents basically share everything, but from my viewpoint I find this type of relationship unacceptable, however much I love the other person. I guess I have just not felt comfortable sharing this kind of information growing up, even with my immediate family...
@PeterCxy I feel somewhat the opposite... I literally infodump on people, then in hindsight I feel that I'm being too aggressive while talking without substance... I also don't know what questions to ask others, which is why I rarely hear other people's stories despite a desire to do so...
I'm seeing a bunch of complaints about Matrix being overengineered and there not being a good chat solution in general.
While I don't necessarily disagree with either of those statements, I'm wondering if there's just a need for a good inclusive tutorial for setting Matrix up, showing how to use it in various examples, because I do think that while complex, Matrix does deliver on the need for end to end encrypted chat, hosted on own servers.
Would you like a blog/tutorial on setting up Matrix?