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I am just wondering what matrix instances are recommended. I would rather not use the main matrix.org instance, but I still want something with good up-time, updated software and that is privacy respecting.

Thanks!

~~Update: I am trying arcticfoxes, thank you for all of your suggestions! Feel free to leave more as it may help others who come across this post in the future.~~

Update 2: I had an issue with cross signing, but it works on envs.net so I am assuming it's an issue with the arcticfoxes instance. I am now using envs.net. As I said before, feel free to leave more suggestions for others who come across this post.

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here's a decent list of some public server instances you can look into. Tells you where they are located, if there are any rules or a privacy policy, what version of the server they're running, and some other stuff like that

https://joinmatrix.org/servers/

[–] BrikoX@vlemmy.net 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] Odo@startrek.website 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

home of the largest lolicon community

yikes

[–] daFRAKKINpope@lemmy.one 4 points 1 year ago

Today I learned what a lolicon was, and yikes indeed.

[–] BrikoX@vlemmy.net 3 points 1 year ago

The list was changed recently and I posted it without checking, hence me deleting the original comment.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

that damn url. So innocuous.

[–] dko1905@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Any reason tchncs.de is on the 'do not use' list? What exactly does 'morg 3.0' mean?

[–] shortwavesurfer@monero.town 2 points 1 year ago

I used to use arcticfoxes.net

[–] PublicLewdness@burggit.moe 2 points 1 year ago

I use Pragma-messenger. It's based out of Switzerland so good data privacy laws there. The website is in German though so if you don't speak it you'll have to use a translation extension. It's been stable for my wife and I so far.

https://pragma-solution.com/de/Produkte/messenger