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Adniem
thelemmy.club
Adniem@thelemmy.club
Joined: 2026-10-13
Posted: · edited   Subject: i have a niche idea for matrix users What Do You Think? Quote

it is kinda like "Sign Up With Gmail/Apple/Microslop" you get it, but for matrix

how??, well it is that a bot by the thing sends you a message in matrix (you have to input your username) you get a message that is a riddle for like kids but basically bots (unless it's AI which nobody dares to do) wont solve that easy

and you may self host it

so if you solve it (by entering a message) it you get a link to finsh the sign up/log in i made this idea so nobody has to use email which is controlled by big tech

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PetteriPano
lemmy.world

PetteriPano@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-09-04
#2 Posted:   Subject: Re: i have a niche idea for matrix users What Do You Think? Quote Reply

Not all matrix servers are federated with eachother. Which island will your service support?

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Adniem
thelemmy.club
Adniem@thelemmy.club
Joined: 2026-10-13
#3 Posted:   Subject: Re: i have a niche idea for matrix users What Do You Think? Quote Reply

Not all matrix servers are federated with eachother. Which island will your service support?

well it isnt centralized so not one server for all those but like it is open source and you run it as something and you can get your own bot but it requires you to have a server you self host

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nitrolife
hikki.team

nitrolife@hikki.team
Joined: 2023-06-28
#4 Posted:   Subject: Re: i have a niche idea for matrix users What Do You Think? Quote Reply

Email is not controlled by anyone. You can buy a VPS and a domain, and then set up your own instance completely freely.

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one_old_coder
piefed.social
one_old_coder@piefed.social
Joined: 2026-02-08
#5 Posted:   Subject: Re: i have a niche idea for matrix users What Do You Think? Quote Reply

Most confusing post on the planet, and maybe the whole galaxy.

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marighost
piefed.social

marighost@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-06-05
#6 Posted:   Subject: Re: i have a niche idea for matrix users What Do You Think? Quote Reply

So you're looking for a way to facilitate sign-ups to a Matrix server without using one of the big centralized services (Google, Apple, etc) to authenticate your Matrix account against. Right?

At least for the public, developer-run server, you can just use your email to sign up. People who are concerned about not using big tech's services probably use a privacy-respecting email service anyway, like Proton or Tuta or just self-host their own email.

I've never looked into self-hosting Matrix, maybe there's a way to disable "big-tech authentication" on an individual server and just use username/password sign ups.

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ThreeKnew
lemdro.id
ThreeKnew@lemdro.id
Joined: 2026-07-23
#7 Posted:   Subject: Re: i have a niche idea for matrix users What Do You Think? Quote Reply

So you're looking for a way to facilitate sign-ups to a Matrix server without using one of the big centralized services (Google, Apple, etc) to authenticate your Matrix account against. Right? At least for the public, developer-run server, you can just use your email to sign up. People who are concerned about not using big tech's services probably use a privacy-respecting email service anyway, ...

Thanks for translating

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