[Arathorn]

The Matrix.org blog post isn’t really me trying to wave a hand over it - it’s just that the Element, Gitter and GitLab (https://about.gitlab.com/blog/2020/09/30/gitter-moves-to-ele...) and Changelog stories fixate on it being an acquisition, and I wanted to dwell on the impact for Matrix.

The reality is that bridging a big existing network is a significant undertaking and nobody has done it before (other than possibly Matrix.org and Freenode, but it’s not like Freenode is letting us talk TS6; we come in as clients). So the acquisition is basically a catalyst to break this impasse. We’re hoping that Rocket.Chat, Mattermost, Teams, Slack, Discord will watch what we do and copy it with more confidence to join the network. At least that’s the dream :)

[Ericson2314]

Slack and Discord need their walled gardens to justify their current state, but low-growth things like Mattermost should federate with little to loose.

My most-realistic dream is for Freenode to be Matrix by default with the IRC interface just for clients.

[mxuribe]

> ...We’re hoping that Rocket.Chat, Mattermost, Teams, Slack, Discord will watch what we do and copy it with more confidence to join the network...

Admittedly, I'm a fan of the matrix protocol and the Element client...but i have friends still living on slackland, etc. If what you're hoping for would really would happen, well that would be so awesome!

[jrochkind1]

Fair!