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# Matrix Account Setup
To create a Matrix account on the `aipt.group` homeserver, go here: https://matrix.to/#/#testing:aipt.group
If you follow this link in a browser and use the Element web client, when you get redirected to `app.element.io` you will have to manually edit the homeserver to be "aipt.group" before continuing with registration. (Nor does `app.element.io` even support a URL parameter to pre-populate the target homeserver, and this omission has apparently been hotly debated for at least seven years).
Definitely use a throwaway password. This is a self-administered server, and may not be all that secure just yet.
This account is not (yet?) tied to either your Gitea account or your shell account (optional).
Also join https://matrix.to/#/#converse:aipt.group
You will need to coordinate with an existing `aipt.group` homeserver admin once you've created your account to get access to various other things.
## Additional Notes
There are quite a few different Matrix clients supporting different platforms, and with different priorities. None of them are as feature-rich or polished as a commercial chat client like Slack or Discord. The hope is that these tools will improve over time, but for now this would be the tradeoff for our being able to have a free, privacy-respecting chat solution that neither paywalls accessibility to scrollback nor trains AIs.
Not all clients support all chat features, but no resource for determining what does what just yet.
# Matrix Account Setup
To create a Matrix account on the `aipt.group` homeserver, go here: https://matrix.to/#/#testing:aipt.group
If you follow this link in a browser and use the Element web client, when you get redirected to `app.element.io` you will have to manually edit the homeserver to be "aipt.group" before continuing with registration. (Nor does `app.element.io` even support a URL parameter to pre-populate the target homeserver, and this omission has apparently been hotly debated for at least seven years).
Definitely use a throwaway password. This is a self-administered server, and may not be all that secure just yet.
This account is not (yet?) tied to either your Gitea account or your shell account (optional).
Also join https://matrix.to/#/#converse:aipt.group
You will need to coordinate with an existing `aipt.group` homeserver admin once you've created your account to get access to various other things (currently only @seth).
## Additional Notes
There are quite a few different Matrix clients supporting different platforms, and with different priorities. None of them are as feature-rich or polished as a commercial chat client like Slack or Discord. The hope is that these tools will improve over time, but for now this would be the tradeoff for our being able to have a free, privacy-respecting chat solution that neither paywalls accessibility to scrollback nor trains AIs.
Not all clients support all chat features, but no resource for determining what does what just yet.