up front: so much respect for you and your team. we use your platform every day, and it's overall great. I love how transparent your org generally is, and how inclusive of the community they are.
I maintain the digitalocean synapse marketplace image, and developed nekobot - a matrix chat bot - so when I speak, I really am coming from a place of love, respect, and genuine concern.
> Unsure which of Element’s investors you think would be pushing Matrix towards virtual worlds
protocol labs in particular is heavy on web3, and I think that the development of a metaverse centric system could be pandering to their enthusiasm. even subconsciously, using that project as a lever to say "look at what we have done for web3!" seems compelling from my point of view.
> selfserve moderation is coming soon, as are custom emoji
that's fantastic news, I can't wait to see it.
sometimes it's hard to resist cynicism when I see you folks engaging in tons of (what I perceive as) side projects and duplicated effort, while dealing with UX and operational issues that have been open for years.
> protocol labs in particular is heavy on web3, and I think that the development of a metaverse centric system could be pandering to their enthusiasm.
To be clear, Third Room has nothing whatsoever to do with “web3” as a NFT or cryptocurrency vehicle. As the headline on thirdroom.io tries to spell out, it’s explicitly a platform for interoperable virtual worlds without NFTs or cryptocurrencies.
I maintain the digitalocean synapse marketplace image, and developed nekobot - a matrix chat bot - so when I speak, I really am coming from a place of love, respect, and genuine concern.
> Unsure which of Element’s investors you think would be pushing Matrix towards virtual worlds
protocol labs in particular is heavy on web3, and I think that the development of a metaverse centric system could be pandering to their enthusiasm. even subconsciously, using that project as a lever to say "look at what we have done for web3!" seems compelling from my point of view.
> selfserve moderation is coming soon, as are custom emoji
that's fantastic news, I can't wait to see it.
sometimes it's hard to resist cynicism when I see you folks engaging in tons of (what I perceive as) side projects and duplicated effort, while dealing with UX and operational issues that have been open for years.
thanks so much for responding, again :3