This experiment seems to be going well. The new (Matrix) chat
<https://app.element.io/#/room/#fineract:matrix.org> is more active than
the old (Slack) chat <https://mifos.slack.com/archives/C028634A61L>.
*I'd like to deprecate and archive the old (Slack) chat so we only have
one source of truth. Please discuss and/or add your informal +1/-1.*
I'm a +1. I like that Matrix is mature and backed by a non-profit that
is value-aligned with our community
<https://matrix.org/foundation/about/>. I like that it is open source,
open data (anyone can click "export chat" at any time and get the full
archive), and free to use (gratis). I like that the Fineract space is
owned and controlled by the PMC
<https://projects.apache.org/committee.html?fineract>, same as Fineract
itself. This allows us data sovereignty and vendor neutrality. I like
that there are many desktop and mobile clients.
I find Matrix to be a bit slower and more fiddly (e.g. client
verification) than Slack and Discord, but reasonably so. Matrix
performance, stability, and usability has improved in recent years and
will continue to improve. If not, we can change clients, migrate to our
own server, or migrate to the next new platform since we'll own and
control our tools and data.
Bridging (connecting Slack to Matrix) is likely possible, but I do not
recommend it. This adds a point of failure and maintenance burden. Also,
no two chat protocols have feature parity: Differences in features
typically cause a degraded experience on one or both ends of the bridge.
On Thu, Feb 26, 2026 at 8:30 AM Adam Monsen <[email protected]> wrote:
I only join rooms linked or recommended to me first-hand. And I
always refuse DMs unless I already am familiar with the person or
bot trying to DM me. I recommend both practices when it comes to
Matrix/IRC/Discord/etc.
