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Matrix messaging gaining ground in government IT (www.theregister.com)
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[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

When people say "servers" on Matrix, they mean like an "instance" of Lemmy, right? Not a "server," the way it's used in Discord. I'm rather new to this federation thing and I keep getting confused because some services use different terms (e.g. Peertube uses "platform," I think).

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Yes, a matrix server is an "instance" of matrix on the larger federated service.

Discord calling their different channels "servers" was really unhelpful because they were never servers to begin with.

[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

Thank you! Your username is hilarious, by the way.