I got distracted from my work so I made some Continuwuity propaganda. Continuwuity is a lightweights Matrix chat server that you can self-host pretty easily. Give it a try :3
qr codes are cringe
it's all about datamatrix
this post was submitted on 05 Jun 2026
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Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:
| Fewer Letters | More Letters |
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| DNS | Domain Name Service/System |
| SSD | Solid State Drive mass storage |
| SSO | Single Sign-On |
| VPN | Virtual Private Network |
| nginx | Popular HTTP server |
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Well thanks for at least explaining what it is, but isn't Matrix already self hostable? Anyway what's wrong with IRC?
Matrix is a protocol, not a software. Continuwuity is one of the few servers for this protocol.
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Love and use this!
Solid, fast, amazing experience.... A breeze to setup as well.... Quite another thing than Synapse.
I don't mind the name. It's pride month so I figure the community would turn the silly up a notch.
Im not a tech person but, I'm gonna try it out. Thanks OP.
I thought this was an ad, then I remembered that I was on lemmy, and I got sad because this is an ad
Does it work for non-furries(fleshies?)?
I was under the impression that they preferred to be referred to as 'skinnies'. We are all flesh, after all... well except protogen...
Matrix's algorithm is fundamentally broken. I guess it works if you only talk to people you know won't abuse it, but otherwise it's easy to split rooms or even re-write their history if you want to...
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