FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year agoDiscord would have made a better name for a decentralized network and Matrix would have been better for a private company.message-squaremessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1183arrow-down112
arrow-up1171arrow-down1message-squareDiscord would have made a better name for a decentralized network and Matrix would have been better for a private company.FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square20fedilink
minus-square𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up21·1 year ago“Element” was originally called “Riot,” which was an even better name than “Discord.” But, then, governments started adopting Matrix and someone realized “Riot” wasn’t corporate-friendly ¯\(ツ)/¯
minus-squarethermal_shock@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agommmm, my favorite symbiote
minus-squarespiderman@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agogovernments use matrix for communication?
minus-square𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoYup. It’s used by the German Bundeswehr, and by France’s DINUM. Here’s a Wired article from a few years ago about its adoption.
“Element” was originally called “Riot,” which was an even better name than “Discord.” But, then, governments started adopting Matrix and someone realized “Riot” wasn’t corporate-friendly ¯\(ツ)/¯
mmmm, my favorite symbiote
governments use matrix for communication?
Yup. It’s used by the German Bundeswehr, and by France’s DINUM.
Here’s a Wired article from a few years ago about its adoption.
That’s really cool.