Alexia

Someone should make a hard fork in the Matrix network and Protocol

https://paper.wf/alexia/someone-should-make-a-hard-fork-in-the-matrix-network-and-protocol

Someone should make a hard fork in the Matrix network and Protocol

one that is intentionally and fundamentally incompatible to the existing Matrix network, and makes drastically different decisions in gov...

Alexia
May 5 at 6:06amWeb
Show threadGabbo the wafrn dev guyMay 5

I should look into this

both how is presented in wafrn and what you say

Show threadAlexia ΘΔMay 5

Sometimes I forget that Writefreely does ActivityPub honestly

but so far only the title is missing, really

Show threadGabbo the wafrn dev guyMay 5

I have a field for that in the db

also i need to check inline images I think i know how to do it on the frontend

Show threadsoloMay 5

@alexia I have genuinely been considering it for quite a while

but I know how big of a task smth like that is, and it's not smth that I want to do alone or just like without being committed to it

Show threadAlexia ΘΔMay 5

Matrix is quite complex with its DAG, I wouldn't trust just anyone to revamp the state resolution algorithm, they'd preferably need something to show for it

And I am not that person

Show threadsoloMay 5

@alexia@app.wafrn.net @alexia@paper.wf yeah, this is basically exactly why I haven't done it

even from my minimal knowledge, I know how fucking complex it is, and I know that as I get to know more about it I'll only realize it's even more complex