Throughout my time using Lemmy, I have learned about the populations of a bunch of different instances and have made accounts on several different ones based on what I find. However, I’m about to make a Matrix account and this is a whole new ball game. Which server should I choose/avoid making my account on? Does it really matter as much as it does on Lemmy?

  • akilou@sh.itjust.works
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    1 hour ago

    This is the exact problem with the Fediverse. The first thing you need to do is make a decision for which the consequences are unknown. It’s overwhelming and off-putting.

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      3 hours ago

      Why’s that? Simplicity and low overhead? Or is it an “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” situation?

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        3 hours ago

        Irc works fine, people I know are there, and matrix has always seemed too attention -seeky for my tastes.

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          2 hours ago

          Hm. Elaborate on that. I’m trying to learn more about the space.

  • Jeena@piefed.jeena.net
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    I set up my own because I don’t want to be dependent on someone else.

    Normally matrix servers don’t block each other they let their users do it instead.