Matrix messaging gaining ground in government IT
Matrix is quietly becoming the chat layer for governments chasing digital sovereignty
FOSDEM 2026: One-to-one and group messaging, encrypted VoIP calls, video conferencing – the open protocol handles them allLiam Proven (The Register)
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in reply to splendid9583 • • •lol not reading soatok again, people post his slop every single discussion of messengers. thanks, but I don't think "this is too difficult for furries to use at cons" is a useful metric for judging communications protocols.
pretty deft though, I mean, implying ease of access issues happen more often to furries. I'm sure that is the case! #XMPP #furry
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in reply to davel • • •Zulip — organized team chat
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in reply to Goodlucksil • • •It depends on your level of expertise. It's open source software that you download and run on hardware that you lease or own. So you need to know how to do that in order to use it. As those things go, it really isn't difficult.
No, it's not as easy as signing up for an account on some website. That's the difference between third-party services (owned, operated and controlled by some random company your decide to trust) and software that YOU run, on hardware YOU control, with access that YOU decide upon, and no one who will gate it or take it away.
It's a trade-off. Everyone must consider their wants vs needs and choose what's most important to them.
What disappoints me is how quickly people are willing to throw up their hands and say IT'S TOO HARD without ever even trying.
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in reply to unexposedhazard • • •Zulip can be self-hosted.
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in reply to Anon518 • • •Yes but if it doesnt federate then that makes it more likely to become practically centralized. Interchanging information between independent organizations through a common channel is whats necessary here. Imagine if email only worked between people in the same company. Ridiculous concept.
Interoperability would be even better, but if people using the same software on a different server cant exchange information then thats just not a feasible solution for big organizations or governments these days.