@isotopp So it relies on you already knowing which...

@isotopp
So it relies on you already knowing which instance to join (e.g. your local hackspace) and does little to advertise which one to choose or what's their TOS/CoC/Privacy Policy. It's modeled much more after IRC than modern social media.

Like 13 February at 9:38 | Wall-to-wall | Open on fosstodon.org

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Kris

@Chaos_99

IRC does better than that.
Even the worst and technically most backwards IRC, ircnet, has a redirect. So if you just point your client at irc.ircnet.com, it will direct you to the appropriate server.

Matrix does nothing like this.

https://www.ircnet.com/servers

13 February at 9:45 | Open on chaos.social

Ronnie Soak

@isotopp I'm not saying you are wrong. Only maybe that IRC had a little more time around to come up with that server list.
Also: running a federated Matrix server is costly. I'd say that not many actually are looking forward to new users. (I did not link our server for that reason, but a random CCC-related I found via search)

13 February at 9:53 | Open on fosstodon.org

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