I was sold on Matrix as a viable alternative to Discord but recently read this article which made it look not so good.

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you have to attach your matrix ID to your phone number

Yes, this is FUD, it’s not necessary, and entirely opt-in. Also you don’t even need to connect to the identity server.

Yeah, you don’t have to. But to be able to easily prove you are who you are to IRL people you will. And the decision tells you something about the product and protocol design.

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what? no you dont and the founders have said they dont like them at all since they go against the core of matrix but they make alot of sense in businesses for an internal chat app

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