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by quadrangle 1605 days ago
For clarity, Element is merely a client (the main one) for Matrix.org. What matters is whether people are on Matrix rather than whether they use the Element client. But most Matrix users surely do use Element.
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matrix.org is just one instance, it is very important that people choose different instances so that interoperability is kept.
I think the poster was referring to the protocol instead of the instance.
Maybe this was a case of user error but I know I was not the only person who had difficulty joining Mozilla's riot with their existing riot username when Mozilla first opened their server.