I would like to discuss about questions related to #matrix.org, and discussing about a new related Tag for SuperUser.
What is Matrix.org
The Matrix.org is an Open Source, decentralized, distributed, chat protocol to have private and group conversations. It supports easy interconnection to IRC, and server-side applications to bridge Matrix.org users to Telegram, Slack and so on.
Adoption and notability
Matrix.org has a lot of official and not-official Open Source chat clients. The most famous is probably Element.io, available on Android Android Enthusiasts (also from F-Droid), iOS, and Linux desktop (also via snap) and also as web application.
About the notability of the project, I don't think it's something that will disappear after tomorrow. For instance, in 2020 they received 5 million dollars of donations just from Automattic (company behind WordPress).
https://matrix.org/blog/2020/05/21/welcoming-automattic-to-matrix
Adoption inside Super User
I think questions related to some Matrix software and networking can be in-topic questions in Super User.
First of all, questions related to these command line interface software clients:
- https://github.com/tulir/gomuks (900 stars)
- https://github.com/poljar/weechat-matrix (800 stars)
- https://github.com/8go/matrix-commander (300 stars)
- https://github.com/saadsolimanxyz/matrixcli (100 stars)
Also, I think questions related to network bridges and application services can be in-topic:
What else?
Current adoption inside Stack Exchange
At the moment this topic is not very present in Stack Exchange.
In my opinion because it is too difficult to figure out where you can ask something related to Matrix.
Proposed description for the tag
If a Tag could be useful, this could be its description:
Matrix.org is an open, decentralized, distributed protocol. In-topic questions include: usage and fix on desktop clients, servers (in non-business environment), or "Matrix Application Services". Off-topic questions include: usage and fix on specific web client (ask in WebApps); programming over this protocol (ask in StackOverflow); server-side errors on a Matrix server in a business environment (ask in ServerFault); using or fixing a Matrix Android app (ask in Android).
Proposed in-topic notes on Stack Exchange sister projects
The WebApps network can host in-topic questions related to a very specific web-app of the Matrix protocol, like https://app.element.io/. For this case I would suggest to propose in that network a new tag #element.io (not to be discussed there).
The StackOverflow network can host in-topic questions about software programming related to implementations of a Matrix.org client, SDK, or something like that. For this case I would suggest to propose in that network a new tag #matrix.org (not to be discussed there).
The ServerFault network can host in-topic questions about how to fix server-side errors in business environments related to hosting a Matrix node. For this case I would suggest to propose in that network a new tag #matrix.org (not to be discussed there).
The Android Enthusiasts network can host in-topic questions about how to use or fix a particular app on your Android device related to the Matrix protocol. For this case I would suggest to propose in that network a new tag #matrix.org (not to be discussed there).
What do you think about?
