[upofadown]

https://signal.org/blog/the-ecosystem-is-moving/

... is the article in question. Basically the argument is that federation slows down the possible rate of change. If you have but the one server in a system you can change things whenever you want and then push out any client changes.

The root concept here is that constant protocol and feature change is the most desirable state. Not all of us accept that.

[ninchuka]

I get quicker and more reliable notifications from a self hosted matrix instance then signal and even if I went on the signal app and looked at the chat I couldn't see the message until I got a notification a bit later from them could I see it