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Challenges with Matrix.org Network

By

upofadown

10mo ago· 20 min readenOpinion

Summary

The author expresses frustration with the Matrix.org network due to glitches, slow performance, poor user experience, and lack of direction in development. After five years of using it as their primary communication platform, they have decided to move on.

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After five years of using Matrix.org/Element as my primary communication platform, and rooting for it, and promoting it, and enduring its many quirks, I’ve decided to move on (or rather back).
Despite promising ideals and growing institutional adoption, the network remains slow, unreliable, and confusing for everyday users.
Development feels directionless, client and server projects are fragmented, and the user experience still lags
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The _Matrix.org_ network has great potential, but after years of dealing with glitches, slow performance, poor UX, and one too many failures, I'm done with it.

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