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He's been anti-complexity for awhile. the matrix ecosystem is far more complex than signal.

> He's been anti-complexity for awhile.

And then he turns around and releases Signal-Desktop based on Electron?!

That complexity is useful and justified.

https://matrix.org/docs/guides/moderation/#kicking-and-banni.... FFS that is a lot of text just to kick a nazi out of the cybersecurity chat .. who is the mod for that big ass chat? I have't the faintest clue. No easy way for me to tell.

For one, it's a lot of text for the myriad of ways you can moderate your server/chat. It's just a paragraph for kicking "a nazi out of the cybersecurity chat."

And two, "In Riot, Admins are shown in the membership list with a golden shield, and Moderators are shown with a silver shield. Other clients use similar metaphors."

If you actually used Matrix, you'd notice in whatever client that you're using that it's actually very easy to see who the mods are.

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