Okay I have to figure out this #Matrix issue right meow because it's getting annoying.

[gina@fosstodon.org]

Okay I have to figure out this #Matrix issue right meow because it's getting annoying.

I can't verify with another device. If I reset, will I lose access to all my messages? What about the channels and rooms?

[thisismissem@hachyderm.io]

@Gina @robin any ideas what Gina should do here?

[silhouette@dumbfuckingweb.site]

@Gina reset causes losing access to previous messages, not channels and rooms iirc

"right meow" 😸

[gina@fosstodon.org]

@silhouette but will I lose any chat history in channels as well?

[stereo@freiburg.social]

hi @Gina you lost all "other devices"? oor do you still have a "security-key.txt" somewhere on one of your devices?

@thisismissem @robin

[graves501@fosstodon.org]

@Gina

Yeah, this is one of the reasons why Matrix isn't ready for general usage yet. The UX is just bad, maybe in a couple of years it's good enough, but as of November 2025 it's a big nope for me.

Terence Eden has a more in depth blogpost on why Matrix is just meh at best as of 2025:
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/07/im-never-going-back-to-matrix/

EDIT: Wording

[gina@fosstodon.org]

@stereo @thisismissem @robin Nope, I've lost all of them.