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techlos wrote

i may be wrong then, was basing the info off a comment i read. Either way, not my style to use discord. Riot/matrix is perfectly good and cool.

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techlos wrote

my theory is that the more techie popular platforms don't get mainstream use because the UI is always the last consideration. Riot has become a much better client since the initial launch, but when it first came out the UI was a nightmare to use. With discord, a couple of clicks and boom everything is up and running.

I reckon if there's ever going to be a widely adopted, privacy focused open source chat platform, it'll have to release with a solid UI/UX design from the very start.

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mofongo wrote

Setting up matrix is now easier than most other apps. There are several non-tech people in the raddle chatroom that are quite happy with it.

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