Decentralized Matrix messaging network says it now has 115M users : matrix

[-] BEEKAYRANDEE@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago

Genuine question: If the network is decentralized, how are they able to determine the amount of users on the system?

The article mentions opt-in usage reporting, but that would only indicate there's around 115 million users actively reporting that they're using it, right?

[-] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

It's not the users reporting it, but the different homeservers, I think, and if memory serves it is connected to some other relevant feature that operators enable

[-] Untold1707@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Correct. Home server operators need to opt-in to reporting (it’s off by default). On top of that, users on home servers who have opted in to reporting also need to opt in to analytics. So there are potentially many more users than are being reported to the matrix org.

[-] klintelmeh@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

seems so

[+] CubbyTustard@reddthat.com 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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[+] AeroLemming@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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[-] klintelmeh@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago

Can I ask you what instance did you use?

[-] pkulak@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

Not Matrix, the server you were using.

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 year ago

Matrix servers get laggy easily

[-] mamus@fosstodon.org 1 points 1 year ago

@possiblylinux127 @pkulak sad to read that. You may give it another go. The server of matrix.org is fast and with element-x on mobile there's no lag whatsoever.
You may give it another go if you want, it's still growing every month and year.

[-] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

There's a reason even the Matrix organization tells you to choose a different server than matrix.org if you can.

[-] independantiste@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

I have not had this issue on Matrix.org ever since I had an account, I don't use it much but I use it occasionally and yeah, no issues. This seems to be an instance related problem rather than a matrix one

[-] OnU@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

I've been enjoying matrix so much over the last couple of years. Its so nice having all the choices of clients and for me the best part, all those bridges. Everybody I have a conversation with, over the fact that i dont care where they contact me because I will just get it on the same client anyway, are always envious. (It's the subtle of flexes :D) I hope we will get client side bridging one day. Ahh and of course p2p matrix. There are just so many awesome ideas and prototypes flying around matrix :)

[-] rikudou 2 points 1 year ago

Nice! Three of them are mine.

[-] TheAgeOfSuperboredom@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

I've another two!

[-] rikudou 2 points 1 year ago

Well, give it a few more hours and we're gonna get all those 115M here.

[+] CubbyTustard@reddthat.com 1 points 1 year ago

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[-] smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de -1 points 1 year ago

Fake it 'till you make it, I guess?

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip -2 points 1 year ago

There is no way that is true. For context that would be 3 times the population of California

[-] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Well, it depends on how they count it.

I myself doubt it too, I think it may be the number of all registrated users from servers that have stats reporting enabled, but what do I know