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SHOW HN2021
63points
20comments
#744of 2,533 in 2021
Top 30%of 2021 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
0 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 4 mixed, 2 critical, out of 8 comments about the project. Thread score -0.20.
Privacy: 0 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Clever hack with smooth onboarding and good execution
From 1 comment
Message unification needs to happen, yesterday, and this is a clever hack! Great excution and smooth on boarding / use. Sadly, as others have said, the unknown matrix server is…
anonymouse008 on HN
Objections
Routes private messages through a third-party Matrix server, raising privacy concerns
From 3 comments
This is an interesting idea & hack, but it requires you to route your private messages through a third-party Matrix server. So not going to be able to use it unfortunately. Maybe…
cloudking on HNThis looks cool! I would be concerned about the privacy of my communications, though, since your service is essentially a MITM. What have you done to address privacy concerns?…
maddyboo on HNPlus one to this. It would be huge to have this on my Pinephone someday, but there's not a chance I'd trust someone with all of my digital information ad-perpetuum. If a self…
smoldesu on HN
Sign-up errors reported
From 2 comments
I tried to register. It threw an error. On retry it showed me a couple of user names and addresses of people I've never heard of before. Big red flag for me.
wehnsdaefflae on HNI tried to sign up and got an error
spicyramen on HN
Unexpected user names and addresses shown after registering
From 1 comment
I tried to register. It threw an error. On retry it showed me a couple of user names and addresses of people I've never heard of before. Big red flag for me.
wehnsdaefflae on HN
Requests
Offer a self-hosted version
From 2 comments
This is an interesting idea & hack, but it requires you to route your private messages through a third-party Matrix server. So not going to be able to use it unfortunately. Maybe…
cloudking on HNPlus one to this. It would be huge to have this on my Pinephone someday, but there's not a chance I'd trust someone with all of my digital information ad-perpetuum. If a self…
smoldesu on HN
Questions
How does the WhatsApp bridge work given Facebook's closed system
From 1 comment
How's this allowed by Facebook concerning WhatsApp? It's usually a very closed system. How does the bridge work in this case?
haolez on HN
Alternatives named
Beeper
From 1 comment
For cross platform chat based on Matrix also see https://www.beeper.com/, built by the pebble founder. (paid service, works with iMessage even on Android). If you want to self…
jakecopp on HN
Matrix self-hosted with bridges
From 3 comments
For cross platform chat based on Matrix also see https://www.beeper.com/, built by the pebble founder. (paid service, works with iMessage even on Android). If you want to self…
jakecopp on HNYou can live that life again with your own Matrix Server + bridges to other Servers. Right now I get: - Matrix - Whatsapp - Telegramm - Signal - Instagram In one chat app in my…
normaler on HN+1 to this! I did something similar and you can deploy the whole deal on a cheep VM somewhere using https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy/tree/master/docs It…
tekromancr on HN
Element
From 1 comment
For cross platform chat based on Matrix also see https://www.beeper.com/, built by the pebble founder. (paid service, works with iMessage even on Android). If you want to self…
jakecopp on HN
Franz
From 1 comment
No one mentioned Franz that integrates a boat load of chat services into one desktop window??? Been using it for years.
RotaryTelephone on HN
Pidgin
From 2 comments
Despite of the (rightfully) privacy concerns showed on comments, I cannot help but see this kind of projects with some kind of sadness/nostalgia. Long gone are the days of Pidgin…
Gualdrapo on HNI also remember Pidgin fondly. I have now given up on IM and just email or call people.
zhte415 on HN