Blahaj Zone matrix space for gender diverse folk (now with corrected links)
For those of you who don't know, the Blahaj Zone admin team runs a matrix space for gender diverse folk. Similar to lemmy, it's designed with a few "official" channels, but is otherwise a community curated space, with channels run by our members. You don't have to be a blahaj zone user to join.
If you're already a matrix user, you can head straight to our application room https://matrix.to/#/#gv-apply:chat.blahaj.zone, or by searching for #gv-apply:chat.blahaj.zone from within your matrix client.
If you're new to matrix, you can find some more details and an instruction video on how to get up and running here https://chat.blahaj.zone/c/genderverse/
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the genderverse in the matrix? neo and trinity would be proud. :')
we can hereby rename all the trolls to anderson
Please no😧🚨.
That's my last name. I am no bridge troll, I am a dual sword warrior goddess.
The join button isn't working.
It looks like the matrix.to redirector is having some issues. You can bypass it by just searching for #gv-apply:chat.blahaj.zone within your client and joining that way
@[email protected]
Same (using element.io). I’m in several other matrix rooms, but it seems like the JS or form action on the join button is harfed.
Cross-Origin Request Blocked: The Same Origin Policy disallows reading the remote resource at https://matrix-client.matrix.org/_matrix/client/v3/directory/room/%23gv-apply%3Ablahaj.zone. (Reason: CORS header ‘Access-Control-Allow-Origin’ missing). Status code: 502.for the record, in fluffychat.im, i got an error but it still ultimately ended up joining when i closed out of the search window.
I've just discovered matrix (and xmpp) and I gotta say im loving this corner of the internet more with each passing day
Thanks ada and kaity
Edit: commented on the wrong post. Oops.
Just got Element for iOS and joined! ᕕ( ᐛ)ᕗ
Thanks for the post. I've been wanting to try matrix for a while, but didn't know where to start.
It seems the rooms are not listed in the spaces. At least from FluffyChat.
Will check in Cinny once I return to home.
You can also see the rooms here https://chat.blahaj.zone/c/genderverse/?page=space
Yeah Fluffychat has that problem, it won't show you rooms in a space if you aren't already in them.
Verification system is very on the nose, in my opinion.
It's necessary because we had a transphobic troll target us for a while, who would create throw away accounts, join the channel and post all sorts of horrible shit where everyone could see it.
So we needed a system that means that accounts like that aren't exposed to our main community spaces until we're reasonably confident that they're legit.
It's the same reason we use an application on this lemmy instance.
Oh that's fair
I am having issues, after accepting the dm invite from the bot I have not received any messages from it, UPDATE after cleaning my client's cache it worked fine
What is your matrix username? I'll get it approved manually for you!
Trying to signup with chat.blahaj.zone. It seems the registration token isn't valid. Does anyone know if there is a new token? Thanks!
I'll generate a new one. We put a limit on how many times they can be used so we don't get spam bot waves
Is there another new one, I am getting the same error. Thank you
Where are you finding the token? There are plenty left, but it's possible I haven't updated all of the locations.
I used the link for joining the matrix server as a new user: https://chat.blahaj.zone/c/genderverse/
I'm also trying to signup, and it sais "M_UNAUTHORIZED Invalid registration token". If i understand correctly I'm having the same issue here.
Sorry, you found the one place I hadn't updated it with the new code! Done now :)
Thank you thank you! The limit makes sense ;)
On the topic of Matrix, does anyone know of any good matrix homeservers with XMPP bridging enabled?
Is it still possible to register an acvount in chat.blahaj.zone ? When I try it's not an option in the server list :(
The default server reset itself when we updated cinny. You can still type in chat.blahaj.zone manually until we get it fixed!
I'm a little embarrassed but: how? The list of possible servers doesn't have a blank slot.
You just delete the text and type it in. But that being said, it should be fixed now
We have been wondering. Is there any chance of a Signal group?
Kaity and I aren't going to run one, as it's a centralised service. However, people are welcome to create one and share the details here (or ideally, in a thread of its own for better visibility).
Okidoke. Thanks for letting us know!
Is Matrix basically the decentralized version of like Discord?
Basically! Though, with encrypted channel options
It functions in about the same way. It won't look exactly the same but it is as you said the best "decentralized" alternative to Discord. Besides initial setup, it shouldn't be hard to use.