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Why We Abandoned Matrix (2024)

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Why Federation Must Die

The appeal of federation lies in its potential to empower individuals, groups, and communities by enabling the use of open-source software and facilitating decentralized interactions across servers. This model offers a degree of censorship resistance, as the messages or images are replicated across multiple servers, making it difficult for any single entity to censor or control the content.

However, after over two years of administrating public federated services (Matrix, Lemmy), I’ve learned first hand the fundamental problems associated with the design of all federated protocols.

Problems with Matrix (Protocol)

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