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 |
|---|---|
| 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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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.
Love and use this!
Solid, fast, amazing experience.... A breeze to setup as well.... Quite another thing than Synapse.
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...
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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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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Does it have easy gif embedding like discord? I tried another chat app and it felt so stripped down without gifs or emojis
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