+1 On Wed, Jun 17, 2026 at 10:52 AM Sandro Martínez <[email protected]> wrote:
> +1 > > On Tue, Jun 16, 2026, 11:18 Adam Monsen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> This experiment seems to be going well. The new (Matrix) chat >> <https://app.element.io/#/room/%23fineract:matrix.org> is more active >> than the old (Slack) chat <https://mifos.slack.com/archives/C028634A61L>. >> *I'd like to deprecate and archive the old (Slack) chat so we only have >> one source of truth. Please discuss and/or add your informal +1/-1.* >> >> I'm a +1. I like that Matrix is mature and backed by a non-profit that >> is value-aligned with our community >> <https://matrix.org/foundation/about/>. I like that it is open source, >> open data (anyone can click "export chat" at any time and get the full >> archive), and free to use (gratis). I like that the Fineract space is owned >> and controlled by the PMC >> <https://projects.apache.org/committee.html?fineract>, same as Fineract >> itself. This allows us data sovereignty and vendor neutrality. I like that >> there are many desktop and mobile clients. >> >> I find Matrix to be a bit slower and more fiddly (e.g. client >> verification) than Slack and Discord, but reasonably so. Matrix >> performance, stability, and usability has improved in recent years and will >> continue to improve. If not, we can change clients, migrate to our own >> server, or migrate to the next new platform since we'll own and control our >> tools and data. >> >> Bridging (connecting Slack to Matrix) is likely possible, but I do not >> recommend it. This adds a point of failure and maintenance burden. Also, no >> two chat protocols have feature parity: Differences in features typically >> cause a degraded experience on one or both ends of the bridge. >> >> On Thu, Feb 26, 2026 at 8:30 AM Adam Monsen <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I only join rooms linked or recommended to me first-hand. And I always >>> refuse DMs unless I already am familiar with the person or bot trying to DM >>> me. I recommend both practices when it comes to Matrix/IRC/Discord/etc. >>> >> -- Edward E. Kang [email protected] 972-768-6940
