• m-p{3}@lemmy.ml
    3·
    3 years ago

    Why reinvent the wheel? You can add your Matrix handle in your profile and get people to chat with you that way.

  • QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz
    2·
    3 years ago

    One can send private messages to other users on Lemmy but the messages are not end-to-end encrypted. Matrix can be used also for chatting with one other, making a “chatting service” for Lemmy would be just redundant.

  • Olive@lemmy.ml
    1·
    3 years ago

    I’m not sure of the difference between direct messaging (current implementation) and chat. They’re basically the same. I know someone will tell me different, but it’s just how I feel.

  • scp1548@lemmy.ml
    1·
    3 years ago

    I’d personally love to see some sort of integration with another federated chat service, like Matrix, to avoid reinventing the protocol. That said, you can already just make a matrix account and use that so I’m not sure how much value putting it directly into lemmy really adds.

    • Arthur Besse@lemmy.ml
      1·
      3 years ago

      There actually is a “matrix user” field when you edit your profile; if you put something there you’ll have a “Send secure message” button on your profile that does something with matrix.to. See https://lemmy.ml/u/dessalines for an example of a user who has this button.

      Also note that the unencrypted direct messaging feature here has a ⚠ which says “Warning: Private messages in Lemmy are not secure. Please create an account on Element.io for secure messaging.”

      • scp1548@lemmy.ml
        1·
        3 years ago

        I was thinking more like “your lemmy account is already a matrix account” kind of integration, but of course that’s way more programming work than what lemmy already does(which I didn’t know about). It’s definitely cool to see matrix being treated like a sensible default though, very happy with lemmy on that decision.