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Lemmy World is now on Matrix (matrix.to)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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!

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 104 points 2 years ago (5 children)

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 68 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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 2 years ago (1 children)

Thank you for this explanation!

[–] asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

You're welcome! Glad I could help.

[–] lwadmin@lemmy.world 34 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I heard it's like Discord

[–] Steveanonymous@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Lol sweet. I will set it up after work.

[–] spez@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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

[–] mp3@lemmy.ca 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] MarsAgainstVenus@fedimav.win 7 points 2 years ago

I had no idea that’s what it was for. I hadn’t added mine for fear of spam but this makes way more sense now.

[–] kaotic@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

It’s a modern IRC.

[–] verity_kindle@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Same same lol my brother in gentle confusion