I will be upfront with this, and say that I’ve never been a huge fan. But I did reinstall a Matrix server, and some clients to see if it’d gotten better in the year or so since I’ve last used it.
This just… Kind of feels like a more centralized XMPP with group chat folders that sort of function? The spaces feature is neat, but I’ve tried 4-5 clients, and every single one of those throws all of them into the same screen as the DMs by default, and I can’t find a way to change that.
Am I missing something here? Like. I want to at least see what people like here, I just can’t.
As far as convincing normies I’ve had limited success (still working on it) getting them to use Delta Chat, just due to the easy onboarding, just pick a name and go, no password even. Got a few on it including my mom who cannot computer to save her life.
So far the holdouts are a few people of the “I don’t want to download a free app, you should spend a fucking grand on an iPhone so we can use iMessage” opinion (literally), and, idk I’m working on it but for people that out of touch and stupid there may be no hope except to be mercifully euthanized.