> I know this association would absolutely sink my friends exploring the platform further while we're exploring alternatives for when Google Hangouts is decommissioned.
Should there be such rooms (that still fall short of being removed for "abuse") you're not forced to join them. No different than you not joining Google Hangouts full of people you'd rather not talk to.
Chat systems like IRC/Element don't force you to join and speak with anyone you don't want to unlike social media sites which try to have literally everyone in the same pool.
If your standard is "people I don't like are able to use this service" you will find no service that will have 0% of said people.
You may as well say, "There's nothing wrong with Gab/Parler/Voat as long as you stay away from the political discussions". It doesn't matter. Your technical and logical distinctions are minor and irrelevant to most people compared to an overwhelmingly negative reputation.
>You may as well say, "There's nothing wrong with Gab/Parler/Voat as long as you stay away from the political discussions".
It's just a fundamentally different system than what you're comparing it to and has many well established communities that aren't what you appear to be alluding to.
>It doesn't matter. Your technical and logical distinctions are minor and irrelevant to most people compared to an overwhelmingly negative reputation.
Are there any major situations involving matrix that you can point to?
I'm not aware of any major issues and just because it's not one of the major social media platforms (arguably not even social media depending on your definition) doesn't mean it's inherently bad.
> It's just a fundamentally different system than what you're comparing it to and has many well established communities that aren't what you appear to be alluding to.
You may as well be telling me how wonderful BitTorrent is for downloading Linux ISOs and to ignore that whole The Pirate Bay thing.
>You may as well be telling me how wonderful BitTorrent is for downloading Linux ISOs and to ignore that whole The Pirate Bay thing.
The hash checks help validate that the ISO file is properly in tact and not corrupted in transit and the peer to peer nature keeps speeds high by distributing the load between multiple peers.
Matrix's policies are pretty well enough to keep them pretty far out of contention for such a comparison https://matrix.org/legal/code-of-conduct#definitions
> I know this association would absolutely sink my friends exploring the platform further while we're exploring alternatives for when Google Hangouts is decommissioned.
Should there be such rooms (that still fall short of being removed for "abuse") you're not forced to join them. No different than you not joining Google Hangouts full of people you'd rather not talk to.
Chat systems like IRC/Element don't force you to join and speak with anyone you don't want to unlike social media sites which try to have literally everyone in the same pool.
If your standard is "people I don't like are able to use this service" you will find no service that will have 0% of said people.