Frank

Synapse is the backend that you install on the server. Element is the client that connect to your backend. Now Matrix has many backends and many clients. Synapse + Element is probably the best fully-featured combo that we have, but also the most complicated.

True, most normies probably don’t even see any issue with Discord’s ID. They’ll just do it when it pops on their screen, and move on with their lives.

You mean Matrix to look like Discord? It depends on the client that you use I guess. I use FulffyChat and it’s identical to Discord and Stoat (having tried it myself).

I use Yunohost for simplicity, thanks for the link though

Yeah, wouldn’t be suprised. I chose the lightweight versions when setting up my Matrix server. Mostly as a test.

My Matrix server uses Tuwunel and I use FlufflyChat as a client. I don’t seem to have voice chat nor screensharing.

But more robust versions of Matrix, like Synapse or Element, might have it.

You can create a free account on matrix.org with some limitations. I don’t know any list of servers unfortunately.

Yes, and federated.

I already built my Matrix server. I’m ready for Discord’s enshitification

Tim’s opinion is clearly unbiased.