My prediction is that at some point in the future, those folks who have historically loved IRC (and there's nothing wrong with that!), will eventually begin to prefer matrix as opposed to, say, slack, mattermost, etc. Not necessarily for tech superiority, but for what I'll call the coziness factor; they'll just feel cozy using some matrix client, as they felt comfy using an ol' irc client. (Yes, yes, i know there are numerous existing irc-bridging apps/services natively supported by matrix protocol. ;-)

Disclosure: I used to love irc in the 90s, then stopped using it in the 2000s (aughts?), and now am a superfan of matrix.

It's cool to see Matrix work inside emacs but I think the spirit of the OP alludes to putting a little emacs in Matrix too. Composing messages in that band-aid at the bottom of Riot is a great example of a stress-inducing UX. Some venues around Matrix deserve high quality content and it's difficult to encourage that when people write and proof posts through the peephole.

OP here.

You've guessed what we're using the last couple of weeks. So far, I like it! It's come a long way. I've tried it a couple of times, but now even the web client works reasonably well.

And yes, of course - alphapapa software is always the best option!(;

P.S.: Nice nick! After waiting 20 years, I just watched the trilogy (extended version) with my wife last week. It's been a blast and it aged really well.

I love the idea of a Matrix emacs client, but it doesn't support E2EE and probably won't ever, so it's a non-starter for me.