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?

    • sbf@feddit.orgOP
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      7 days 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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        7 days ago

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

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            3 days ago

            So for Ubuntu, it’s popular enough to have communities on irc, discord, matrix, etc.

            I wanted to be in a Linux community in 2006 and discovered irc, and even then it was retro.

            As the years have gone by I’ve tried the other sites, but imo text only has a vibe that you only get through that limitation. I get that images are a popular feature, but I prefer irc.

            Matrix lost me with how awful the key crap was and element is really unpleasant to use.