On the side bar it lists the following:

  • [Matrix/Element]Dead
  • Discord

“Discord” is an active link, but the Matrix link is completely inactive. Not only is it inactive (which could have be excused as a broken link), but it is also manually labeled as “Dead”, as if there is no intention of making it work. How can a community that is focused on privacy willingly favor a service that is privacy non-respecting when a perfectly functional privacy-respecting alternative exists?

  • Lettuce eat lettuce@lemmy.ml
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    9 months ago

    It’s the timeless debate between accessibility and exclusivity. Do you want more people in your community by compromising some values? Or would you rather be a hardliner but never reach those people?

    Most of the time you have to pick somewhere on that spectrum. It’s a question of pragmatism and utilitarianism.

    Does it do more good for lots of people to be slightly more privacy-aware, or is it better to have a very small portion of the population that are super privacy-aware?

    You have to decide, and the debate rages on all the time.

      • AnonStoleMyPants@sopuli.xyz
        1·
        9 months ago

        Wait, really? So you think Matrix is the ultimate form of secure and private “chat” communities? Because if it is not then it is a compromise.

        This Lemmy instance for sure as hell is not the most private and secure.