I tried using matrix yesterday. I really hate to bash open-source decentralized software but… fucking hell, was it annoying. I tried 1 server/instance (nope.chat) that just wouldn’t work. I created my account on the desktop, logged in. But then, when I tried to log in on my android, it woudln’t work. I logged out, tried to log in on the desktop again and it wouldn’t work. Password/Username incorrect. I use a password manager, so I am sure I was typing things correctly. That pissed me off right from the get go. It was linking me to some other website, and not nope.chat, which is a bit annoying and weird, for the average user, but whatever. I just gave up on that server.

Then, I created an account in another instance/server. Cool, logged in. Worked on desktop, though I had to manually change the server in the element/browser-UI, even when I got linked there from the instance’s page. Whatever. I logged in on Android as well, but immediately got a bunch of errors, asking me to reset my account. (???). Whatever, I reset it and it worked fine.

So now I do have a working account on matrix, but it is so fucking slow and clunky. Fucking hell. I hate this.

On the other hand, I created, around the same time, an XMPP account. SO EASY. SO PERFORMANT. SO FAST. Night and day difference.

I had no idea what Loops was. Nice I guess, though short form content is just not something with which I want to engage.