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@lackthought
> I was just looking at Matrix, are there community servers like on discord people can join? or is it all private rooms?
There are loads of public rooms on matrix, eg:
https://matrix.to/#/#fediverse-city:matrix.org
FYI what Discord calls a "server" is actually just a group of chat channels and their pool of members. The equivalent of a Discord "server" on matrix is a "Space". This blog post is a couple of years old out-of-date, but it gives you the general idea:
https://matrix.org/blog/2021/05/17/the-matrix-space-beta/
@hiajen
thanks for the info!
I will read more about it, sounds exciting!