but then I also refuse to run a matrix server because of what graf posted:
matrix-synapse, the server software for the matrix stores every single thing a user account/device does in every room in two tables called state events. so if you opened or closed your matrix client on your phone while in this room, the matrix server has a record of that. if you changed your avatar, or your username. if you joined or left the room. it saves all that data. for everybody in every room the server is in.
so rooms like matrixHQ that have ~50k users in it, it's storing all that data for 50k users since march 2021.
now, that's not the only room thats an issue. there's rooms like the genshin impact room where somebody decided it was a wise idea to bridge the matrix room and a telegram channel with several thousand users, so now that matrix room is full of several thousand telegram bots also keeping tabs on those telegram users on/offline status, their name changes, their profile changes
it's the worst designed protocol i think ive ever seen
goatmeal /
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2024-07-27 00:56:05
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