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Matrix let-down (lemmy.ca)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I've been trying to use Matrix to replace sites like Discord or Slack. But it seems that if a user creates an invitation-only room in a server, then invited users who are registered on other servers get errors when trying to join. Not very useful error messages either: "Failed to join room". (In my case, I tried creating accounts and rooms at nitro.chat and then at converser.eu, but friends registered at matrix.org don't manage to join).

Quite a let-down. Anyone who's facing the same problem and has maybe managed to solve it?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Anyone who says Matrix is a suitable replacement for Discord is delusional.

But you can self-host Revolt chat, which is very similar.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Revolt with federation (they are hinting XMPP) would be very nice

https://developers.revolt.chat/faq.html

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

As of right now, Revolt does not feature any federation and it is not in our feature roadmap.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's why I said "would"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

You also said "they are hinting at XMPP" when they're not even hinting at adding federation.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Matrix 2.0 is pretty close.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

2.0 doesn't even support spaces...

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah it does. The main app didn’t yet last I checked but there were other apps that did.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I want to use matrix so bad but matrix clients suck and there's no voice channels like discord

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

the thing that drives me absolutely into matrix-hate-rage is the scrolling. if youre in a matrix space with lots of little different windows attempting to scroll through almost any context is a crapshoot at best.

i like the idea of matrix, but its implementation is hot garbage.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

One of my favorite matrix games is playing "guess where it thinks the unread marker should be."

I'm just as likely to be right as it is.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Me too! When I’m scrolling in a room reading a backlog it will jump all over the place. I don’t know why but that is super annoying. It’s as if it’s some html / css anchoring going horribly wrong or something. First I thought it was caused by the client, but it happens in Element as well as Fluffy chat. I try to avoid Matrix as much as possible because of that.