We now have an experimental Matrix room: #general:ani.social

8 months ago by hitagi to c/meta

Someone recently posted asking if we had a Matrix room. I used to be opposed to hosting one because moderation can be a bit difficult. The recent Discord issues have shown more interest in Matrix lately so I guess it's worth experimenting on.

You can join the room #general:ani.social using any existing Matrix account if you already have one. But if you would like to make a new account on the server, you can DM me for a registration code. The room is public so anyone can join.

The server uses Matrix Dendrite which means that there may be some Matrix features that are not available yet.

hitagi 2 points 8 months ago

Dendrite ---> Continuwuity subthread

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hitagi 1 point 8 months ago

okay anyone who saw my message in the chatroom please try joining #general:ani.social again

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Crank 1 point 8 months ago

I'm getting an error

MatrixError: [502] Failed to make_join via any server (https://matrix.tchncs.de/_matrix/client/v3/join/%23general%3Aani.social)

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hitagi 1 point 8 months ago

Can you try #general-alt:ani.social ?

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Crank 1 point 8 months ago

I'm getting the same error here

@edit
I pasted what Cinny client told me before. When I try to join to either of these rooms in Element, I'm seeing this 502 error in the browser console too and it says CORS header 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' missing

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Crank 2 points 8 months ago

Any reason why dendrite was chosen? It seems to be no longer in development anymore, I'm not even sure if it's receiving security patches. Seems like Continuwuity would be a better choice if you want something lightweight

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hitagi 3 points 8 months ago

Any reason why dendrite was chosen?

Honestly, I just wasn't aware there were other implementations other than Synapse and Dendrite. I feel a bit disappointed in myself if I just installed abandonware lol

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wjs018 3 points 8 months ago

I have been burned by this plenty of times in my self-hosting life. Nothing to be ashamed of. I don't think there will be any issues migrating at this point so early on.

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Toes 2 points 8 months ago

I feel a bit disappointed in myself if I just installed abandonware lol

The github https://github.com/matrix-org/dendrite dunno if this is the same one but it says on the page "This repository was archived by the owner on Nov 25, 2024. It is now read-only."

Edit: Check out https://github.com/matrix-construct/tuwunel

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MentalEdge 3 points 8 months ago

The current repo is here: https://github.com/element-hq/dendrite

It moved, same as synapse.

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Crank 3 points 8 months ago

Ah, so I was wrong about it not receiving security patches but it does look like the development stopped and I doubt that it will resume anytime soon given the financial woes of Matrix Foundation

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Toes 2 points 8 months ago

Oh glad to hear it. Got a favourite?

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Crank 2 points 8 months ago

Yep, Tuwunel or Continuwuity seem to be the only reasonable alternatives to Synapse right now. Both are forks of Conduwuit. Tuwunel is the one that was marked by Conduwuit's author as THE continuation of Conduwuit, and it has some corporate backing. But apparently Tuwunel's maintainer is a jerk, and after your standard open-source drama community gathered around Continuwuity instead, and it's the latter that seems to be recommended everywhere whenever someone asks for a Synapse alternative. Anyway, either of them would be a better choice than dendrite at this point.

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sundaymidnight 2 points 8 months ago

hi, yes. it's really difficult to moderate chats

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