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Re:Adopting Matrix at the Gnome Foundation by dotnet00 on Sunday May 01, 2022 @01:02PM (#31226603)
This is one of my bigger use cases for Matrix. Having a consistent UI with complete history for IRC is pretty great.

Although it also helps that Matrix being relatively close to Discord in terms of basic feature set made it possible for me to convince friends to use it as a Discord backup and for more private conversations. With IRC they would've probably shrugged it off as another "Linux nerd" thing.

Re:Adopting Matrix at the Gnome Foundation by yccs27 on Sunday May 01, 2022 @01:36PM (#31226914)
Yeah, that is exactly how I first came into contact with Matrix, it works great as an IRC client which is always active and keeps full history.