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Re:Element (Matrix chat app) suspended from the Google Play ... by enriquto on Saturday January 30, 2021 @05:02AM (#25967810)
It seems to me that it is the other way round, isn't it? Although having matrix.org be an Element client is extremely confusing. If "matrix.org" is moderated it would seem that the whole protocol is moderated (and thus, not a neutral carrier).
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Re:Element (Matrix chat app) suspended from the Google Play ... by HereBeBeasties on Saturday January 30, 2021 @06:24AM (#25968224)
In web terms: - Element is like a browser - matrix.org is like a bulletin board

In e-mail terms: - Element is like a mail client - matrix.org is like a given community of mailing lists

In IRC terms: - Element is like an IRC client - matrix.org is like an IRC server/network e.g. Freenode.

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Re:Element (Matrix chat app) suspended from the Google Play ... by dkarp on Saturday January 30, 2021 @05:23AM (#25967893)
Matrix.org is just one server deployment that implements the matrix protocol. You can deploy your own server or even your own implementation, and moderate it how you want. It has nothing to do with element. The apology is apt, as just like a browser speaks http, element speaks matrix.
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Re:Element (Matrix chat app) suspended from the Google Play ... by feanaro on Saturday January 30, 2021 @05:37AM (#25967973)
Element is just one of many Matrix user agents and matrix.org offers just one of many Matrix servers.

Each server has the freedom to enforce its own policy. Given that the matrix.org server is a kind of a public face for the protocol, it makes sense that its policies are more mainstream.

There is nothing in the protocol itself (nor in the official Element clients) enforcing any kind of content policy.

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