Hi, In the run-up to SotM there were some (justified) complaints that the chatroom for the event was only available using Telegram. I'm not interested in a discussion about whether this is no issue at all or rather a Big Issue. I'd rather just fix the issue, without forcing anyone to change. It should be relatively easy to bridge Telegram to IRC. But it seems to require a tool installed on a server. Is there anyone who has experience with this? And especially: is willing to host it somewhere?
I have a similar issue with a room I've set up in Matrix. It bridges perfectly to IRC, but the bridge to Telegram hosted by tchncs.de keeps failing. Does anyone here know how to fix such issues? I think it might be an interesting solution to have an OSMF hosted Matrix server and use that as a central hub to bridge several chat systems to each other. It is also annoying that discussion on some platforms can only be accessed if you have an account for that platform. On some platforms, the person who started the channel, can just delete all messages. And of course there's also the risk that the platform operator disappears or starts charging for access to history. So a next step would be to start archiving conversations in a searchable way. Maybe something like CSV, maybe just using (for example) an OSMF hosted Matrix server. This could then maybe be linked to OSM accounts. Semi-public archiving would need to be opt-in, since people often consider chat a fleeting medium which they would prefer not to be quoted on. -- Joost Schouppe
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