People who suggest Matrix as an alternative to services like Discord should get slapped with a large trout (yes, that's an IRC reference).
Matrix is completely unmoderable, it's been proven time and time again.
Just now someone (unlikely to be a bot, but who knows) joined Fedora's chat, tagged everyone in the room posting pictures of gore and CSAM.
Automoderation tools didn't catch it, I feel *extremely* worried about moderators that have to clean it up (their mental health).
I tried to leave the room since I wanted to focus on working and accidentally saw one of the pictures bot posted. It made me throw up on the spot (good thing I haven't eaten anything today, thanks to ADHD).
Matrix is NOT an alternative.
elly
npub17p…ra0st
2025-04-04 12:08:43 UTC
Author Public Key
npub17p5uf3zjj0ycwmeqp2jxxxaveu6afqcfjecqjxggwy93jmvgfq6sura0stPublished at
2025-04-04 12:08:43 UTCEvent JSON
{
"id": "b8ecc2607d92d2ac702a1bcb1dc369958a1e84fd124b781edb1ff941bc9aec12",
"pubkey": "f069c4c45293c9876f200aa4631baccf35d483099670091908710b196d884835",
"created_at": 1743768523,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"proxy",
"https://donotsta.re/objects/828c3481-7107-427d-bc17-f7e96ba6ee69",
"activitypub"
]
],
"content": "People who suggest Matrix as an alternative to services like Discord should get slapped with a large trout (yes, that's an IRC reference).\n\nMatrix is completely unmoderable, it's been proven time and time again.\n\nJust now someone (unlikely to be a bot, but who knows) joined Fedora's chat, tagged everyone in the room posting pictures of gore and CSAM.\n\nAutomoderation tools didn't catch it, I feel *extremely* worried about moderators that have to clean it up (their mental health).\n\nI tried to leave the room since I wanted to focus on working and accidentally saw one of the pictures bot posted. It made me throw up on the spot (good thing I haven't eaten anything today, thanks to ADHD).\n\nMatrix is NOT an alternative.",
"sig": "b99dae331052f9b354cc04e8f917891d48e9efc837b8bace80940167c13e7ebe216219a4c36734e8bdd1329c3fb87534830eec19cbf59d0444454e83563c951a"
}