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?

  • trash80@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Do you want more people in your community by compromising some values? Or would you rather be a hardliner but never reach those people?

    Is there any reason you couldn’t have a discord and a matrix channel? It seems to me that would reach the most people.

    • Lettuce eat lettuce@lemmy.ml
      4·
      1 year ago

      The issue becomes moderation at that point, not a big problem for a larger community, but small communities tend to struggle with moderation with just one hub of communications.

      Also, the hardliners wouldn’t be interested in co-existing, that’s against their ethics generally.

      • Crashumbc@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        You also split your intended audience and every discussion. It’s one of the big issues with Lemmy and federation right now. People create multiple copies of the same community across different servers.