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derin commented on Matrix 2.0: The Future of Matrix matrix.org/blog/2023/09/m... · Posted by u/jrepinc

amstan · 2 years ago

My Facebook bridge constantly locks up my account. [1]

[1] https://github.com/mautrix/facebook/issues/236

derin · 2 years ago

You should use your bridge off of a residential IP in the same city as your other devices, or else Facebook finds the activity suspicious.

derin commented on Matrix 2.0: The Future of Matrix matrix.org/blog/2023/09/m... · Posted by u/jrepinc

btobolaski · 2 years ago

Doesn't the use of ntfy change this (Android only, I think)? Homeserver pushes to an ntfy topic, app on phone is listening to that topic. Of course, this just moves the intermediary to ntfy but you can also host a different ntfy server which I hope element supports.

derin · 2 years ago

It does. I use ntfy with a ntfy server on one of my VPSs, and I use the official ntfy account on GMS as an intermediary.

It works fine, but I'll probably switch back to Matrix's push server at some point.

Edit: With Synapse + Element, obviously.

derin commented on Matrix 2.0: How we’re making Matrix go voom fosdem.org/2023/schedule/... · Posted by u/raybb

benatkin · 3 years ago

I mean Element's website says very little about installing it and encourages using mobile apps which require going through the app store, while GitLab has all kinds of resources for self-hosting. They do try to steer you to self-hosting the ee version though.

Element: landing page https://element.io/solutions/self-hosted-or-cloud-collaborat...

GitLab: all the things https://about.gitlab.com/install/ at the bottom is the Debian package, but if you go to the Docker Page and click the username you can see gitlab-ce there as well.

derin · 3 years ago

Gitlab and Element's website structure is different. element.io is the site for the managed product, so even their "on-premise" installer is meant to be used in a commercial relationship. For install docs you'd probably have to purchase their product (which isn't available freely).

You probably want to read the open-source software's installation instructions at: https://github.com/vector-im/element-web

TLDR, check out the project, run `yarn install`, then edit the config file, then `yarn build`.

And, yes, that is all there is to it. It's significantly simpler to deploy than GitLab.

Finally, you keep mentioning self-hosting; you _can_ just use a non-self hosted application like the downloadable version of Element, SchildiChat, Fluffychat, or any other client.

No reason to bring hosting into the mix for the client, if that's causing concern.

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the_common_man · 4 years ago

Pip3 surely?

derin · 4 years ago

Unless they installed conda on an Apple machine, because I'm pretty sure that constitutes original sin.

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heywherelogingo · 4 years ago

Seize the moment - switch to signal.

derin · 4 years ago

...and where do you go when AWS/Signal's servers go down?

How about choosing something that's federated? https://matrix.org/

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shalmanese · 5 years ago

One thing I'm surprised doesn't exist yet is "podcast radio stations". Like, I want a podcast DJ to cue up 24 hours worth of programming into a channel and then I can tune in at any time and hear whatever podcast episode is on right now. Don't make me think, don't make me go out and discover new podcasts, just give me a stream of interesting audio content.

derin · 5 years ago

This is NPR One, no? That's why I've been using it - it gives you a nice steady stream of NPR's programming and outside podcasts, randomly sampled at first, which in time starts preferring your favored content (which it learns by you "liking" content).

https://one.npr.org/

Been listening to it for years, it's great stuff!

derin commented on The Matrix Space Beta matrix.org/blog/2021/05/1... · Posted by u/fasquoika

danellis · 5 years ago

> As many know, over the years we've experimented with how to let users locate and curate sets of users and rooms in Matrix. Back in Nov 2017 we added 'groups' (aka 'communities') as a custom mechanism for this - introducing identifiers beginning with a + symbol to represent sets of rooms and users, like +matrix:matrix.org.

We already have a universal notation for identifying resources on the Web. Why not use that?

derin · 5 years ago

...because it's a different protocol with different needs that are satisfied by its own notation?

Edit: Just read Arathorn's comment above, very cool - I hadn't seen that one before.

derin commented on Element Matrix Services Announces Element Home element.io/blog/element-h... · Posted by u/decrypt

kitkat_new · 5 years ago

Actually, the flair still seems to be given out.

derin · 5 years ago

Guess I was just skipped, then. C'est la vie - still a great project, and one worth sponsoring if you can (IMO).

derin commented on Element Matrix Services Announces Element Home element.io/blog/element-h... · Posted by u/decrypt

Esras · 5 years ago

If you (or anyone else reading this) are okay with Patreon, they do have one at https://www.patreon.com/matrixdotorg. If you don't like Patreon for some reason, they are also on Liberapay, PayPal, and accept BTC and ETH.

They have some minor benefits and flair, although the page hasn't been updated in awhile, so I don't know how many are still valid.

derin · 5 years ago

I was on their Patreon for a while, but had to hop off because of financial fun.

Sadly none of the rewards are updated and the flair is no longer given out; at this point it makes sense to just see it as a donation.

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arximboldi · 5 years ago

As someone that does not have a smartphone, WhatsApp and Signal are really annoying because they are the two apps that can not be used without one (even though they have desktop apps). Telegram and FB Messenger and Hangouts at least can, but here in Europe WhatsApp is the default for everything and there are things for which it is becoming almost completely necessary.

But I simply find the whole chat ecosystem so depressing. A few years ago at least I could chat with Google Talk people via Jabber. It is really absurd that instant messaging is not federated like email. Of course there is one explanation: while Email was invented in the 70s at research institutions with goals beyond profit, IM already started in the 90s with companies trying to capitalize their user-base with vendor lock-in... (ICQ, MSN, etc.). Sad, sad, sad.

derin · 5 years ago

Matrix[1] is trying to solve that issue, I'd highly recommend looking into it. I actually pipe most of my various "chat" networks (including WhatsApp) into it via bridges[2].

As you said, we in Europe are kind of forced to have WA installed, but at least you don't have to use it as your primary client if you don't want to. You can even deploy it to an Android VM and go completely headless, if you feel the need.

[1] https://matrix.org/

[2] https://matrix.org/bridges/