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> Matrix had a horrible UX

Matrix doesn't have "terrible UX". The client you chose had. Pick another one. You don't have that choice with Signal.

Try:

https://syphon.org/

https://schildi.chat/

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The Terrible UX is in part from the protocol, clients can't fix that (just look at the absolute mess that rooms are). And still no support for custom emoji or stickers.

Oh, and joining large rooms can still take hours.

> The Terrible UX is in part from the protocol, clients can't fix that (just look at the absolute mess that rooms are).

Please explain.

Rooms don't form a cohesive set of channels that one can join, rather the group together a bunch of channels. If I, for example, setup a #rules channel in a community room, then I cannot ensure that users are reading this channel, which contains vital information about the operation of the community. Same for announcement channels for events. Instead of people joining a server community, they join a bunch of bubbles formed by the people using only subsets of the channels, without being able to direct the overall community. This is poor UX for both the user and the community operators.

> And still no support for custom emoji or stickers

That sounds like a feature to me.

Well, for my use cases it's required. If you run your own matrix home server feel free to ban it but for me that is an essential feature.

I can understand that it is a desired and important feature. But please explain how it is essential.

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