I can set it up . This idea popped into my head after i joined some good foss telegram channels and i personnely think matrix is not there yet also telegram does supports third party apps there are some privacy concerns but i don’t think it matters to our use case and it is all speculation but matrix instance hoster could be violating this too as most groups are not encrypted . I also do think telegram is just a better experience and more polished to use but i would advise you to download a third party app from fdroid instead of using the official client . So anyways lemmy know.
PS : I am in no way a telegram shill just thinks it is a good platform for this use case as mercurygram, fossify,telegram foss etc. hosts theirs there and it is really a good overall experience . Again not a SHILL.
EDIT : This was just an idea i had and if you disagree please comment so and i will not move forward ciao.
EDIT : This was a for the community idea but if most of the community doesn’t want it i will ofcourse not go forward but do write your thoughts in the comments as i don’t know what you think by seeing the upvotes or downvotes (as some people do it accidentally by swiping or because they did’nt like something specific in the post which can be changed of you comment) and if there is anything i can do to make the experience better .
EDIT : Its all about options i am not proposing to move the community from matrix but just starting another one.
I prefer matrix, thanks.
Can we try to not fragment an already-small community?
Matrix works and is secure for 99.998% of the people. Is it really worth it to break into factions just because some people are worried about… checks notes … IP addresses?
If we don’t care about security and privacy, why not just use Discord? It’s basically the same thing.
I’d say matrix which is not selfhosted and telegram comes under the same security level with matrix even going below telegram but if you are self hosting then yes it is secure
I don’t think so. Telegram channels are not end to end encrypted. Telegram doesn’t support this very basic feature. Matrix rooms can support end to end encryption.
But there are risc factors of admins niking everything they can get their hands on
I don’t use telegram but what are the advantages of using telegram vs chatting in a community on lemmy?
If you want to create a self-hosted chat community, XMPP would probably be the best bet, as it supports solid encryption. My instance owner has one set up for the community, and it’s worked pretty great to coordinate with other mods.
