Matrix

How to join

You can join the TechInc Matrix space at #chat:techinc.nl using a Matrix client of choice.

Motivation

The TechInc community is using a bunch of different protocols and platforms to communicate with each other, such as IRC, Telegram, Discord, Signal, email, etc. Unfortunately, this leads to fragmentation, as not everybody is able to participate in the conversations that people are having within the community. It would be nice if people can to talk to each other, but without them being peer pressured onto platforms and/or clients that they don't want to use.

This is one of the things that Matrix hopes to address

Matrix defines a set of open APIs for decentralised communication, suitable for securely publishing, persisting and subscribing to data over a global open federation of servers with no single point of control. Uses include Instant Messaging (IM), Voice over IP (VoIP) signalling, Internet of Things (IoT) communication, and bridging together existing communication silos - providing the basis of a new open real-time communication ecosystem.

With Matrix, it is possible for a Telegram user to talk to a user on Discord, and from a Signal user to talk to a user on IRC, all using Matrix as the underlying communication protocol.

Bridging communication silos with Matrix

We have setup a Matrix instance in such a way that it is bridged to the both the TechInc IRC channel, and the TechInc Telegram group. Messages sent on IRC or Telegram are visible in the Matrix channels as well.

Currently, the Matrix is bridged to the other communication silos like this

Channel	Matrix	IRC	Telegram topic
IRC	#irc:techinc.nl	#techinc
General	#general:techinc.nl		#⃣ General
Updates	#updates:techinc.nl		❗ Updates
Print Team	#print-team:techinc.nl		🖨 Print Team
Electronics	#electronics:techinc.nl		⚡ Electronics
Network Team	#network-team:techinc.nl		💻 Network Team
Music	#music:techinc.nl		🎵 Music
Laser Team	#laser-team:techinc.nl		💡 Laser Team
Food ordering	#food-ordering:techinc.nl		🍕 Food ordering

Privacy

The bridge exposes the following details to the bridged instances:

• Your nickname
• The content of the messages that were sent
• When messages were sent

Infrastructure

The Matrix server is hosted on TechInc infrastructure at matrix.ti.