@werwolf @arh@toots.alirezahayati.com @josias@theres.life

> we can do an experiment. Join any popular matrix public group chat. You'll see that 85% (or even more) of the participants is on matrix.org.

that's not a problem inherent in the matrix protocol, sorry.

> If matrix.org goes down, it'll be like the whole protocol goes down (just like Freenode and IRC)

irc is dead because freenode is dead? wat?

> You should also consider that it requires more resources (and IMO it's harder) to selfhost it. That makes matrix less suitable for individuals and small projects.

if you have huge rooms you need a big server. with a handful of rooms and people you can selfhost on a 3$ vps. i'll give you that synapse needs more resources than an irc server, but don't dramatize it.

i should really do a collection of the fud people spread about matrix.