Re: Gitter Service ends Feb 6th

I agree with using Solid for chat.

It brings users to Solid so we can spend time there instead of another application.

How hard could it be to improve the chat functionality? I'm sure there are many bright people on our team that can assist and make it look better.

Dirk


> On 17 Jan 2023, at 13:00, Matthias Evering <me@evering.eu> wrote:
> 
> Am 17.01.2023, 11:34 Uhr, schrieb Melvin Carvalho <melvincarvalho@gmail.com>:
> 
>> The Gitter service is ending on 6th Feb
>> https://blog.gitter.im/2023/01/16/gitter-is-going-fully-native-matrix-in-feb-2023/
> 
> they say we need a logout/login but functionality will stay around if I understand right.
> 
>> 1. What about the history
> 
> see https://github.com/solid-contrib/gitter-solid/issues/34
> 
> I wonder if the various history links will sill work, and for how long
> 
>> 2. New chat area
>> Gitter is encouraging a transition to the Matrix/Element service.
> 
> does that mean we need a Matrix account or anything ?
> 
> Perhaps we could start a single room, say, on Mattias' solidweb which is a
> running grass roots solid server.
> 
> I will participate in these efforts if the community wants.
> 
>> We would need to circulate an agreed upon URL for this to work.
> 
> we can make a dedicated pod for that purpose and freely choose any URL.
> it would look like `https://chatpod.solidweb.org/public/container`
> 
>> It could be beneficial to consider using Solid for chat, though based on
>> the current low volume of chat on gitter it may not be a major concern.
> 
>> Thoughts ?
> 
> let's try to prepare best for feb. 6th. I have sympathy for eating own dogfood.
> 
> Matthias
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> Matthias Evering (@ewingson)
>