On the side bar it lists the following:

  • [Matrix/Element]Dead
  • Discord

“Discord” is an active link, but the Matrix link is completely inactive. Not only is it inactive (which could have be excused as a broken link), but it is also manually labeled as “Dead”, as if there is no intention of making it work. How can a community that is focused on privacy willingly favor a service that is privacy non-respecting when a perfectly functional privacy-respecting alternative exists?

  • Lettuce eat lettuce@lemmy.ml
    10210·
    1 year ago

    It’s the timeless debate between accessibility and exclusivity. Do you want more people in your community by compromising some values? Or would you rather be a hardliner but never reach those people?

    Most of the time you have to pick somewhere on that spectrum. It’s a question of pragmatism and utilitarianism.

    Does it do more good for lots of people to be slightly more privacy-aware, or is it better to have a very small portion of the population that are super privacy-aware?

    You have to decide, and the debate rages on all the time.

      • RQG@lemmy.world
        121·
        1 year ago

        Not compromising at all would be not using the internet though. Probably live in a cottage somewhere in the middle of nowhere too.

      • Lettuce eat lettuce@lemmy.ml
        21·
        1 year ago

        We all compromise somewhere, it’s just a question of where the line is. Even Richard Stallman makes concessions for things like Firmware and hardware being closed source.

    • Enigma@sh.itjust.works
      4·
      1 year ago

      Are you able to at least bridge you matrix to the discord? You should, at the very least, be able to do that while also promoting matrix.

      • Lettuce eat lettuce@lemmy.ml
        2·
        1 year ago

        The issue becomes moderation at that point, not a big problem for a larger community, but small communities tend to struggle with moderation with just one hub of communications.

        Also, the hardliners wouldn’t be interested in co-existing, that’s against their ethics generally.

        • Crashumbc@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          1 year ago

          You also split your intended audience and every discussion. It’s one of the big issues with Lemmy and federation right now. People create multiple copies of the same community across different servers.