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 No way dude,
Most popular encrypted messenger of all time?!

It’s true… Matrix is blazing above 100 million active users, with some reports saying 115 million, and others way more.  Signal only has half that (like 40-60 million).  And now Linux distros such as Mint are including Element in the default programs.

I have bitched many times about Matrix’s centralization with matrix.org on cloudflare, using Google captchas, and Gmail verification of accounts.  But here’s the thing about life man, you can either sit around complain or you can be part of the solution.

To help combat the Big Tech monopoly, Simplified Privacy is now hosting a Matrix Server.

Join our public group:
#public:matrix.simplifiedprivacy.is

You can join the room with an account from ANY server, but if you want an account just DM me from ANY protocol or platform till we get a proper DDoS web captcha setup (that isn’t google)  @support:matrix.simplifiedprivacy.is 
 Hey, I don't use Matrix(dot)org anymore. NitroChat is where it's at for me! 
 Wow interesting change of mind! So which server software are you using, Synapse, Conduit or something else? I'm keeping an eueeon Conduit as it seems promising for lightweight setups.  
 Synapse.  let's see how it scales