FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 8 months agoDiscord would have made a better name for a decentralized network and Matrix would have been better for a private company.message-squaremessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1182arrow-down113
arrow-up1169arrow-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 · 8 months agomessage-square21fedilink
minus-square𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up21·8 months 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-up3·8 months agommmm, my favorite symbiote
minus-squarespiderman@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agogovernments use matrix for communication?
minus-square𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·8 months 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.