What’s a better alternative? Which other platforms are you referring to? How do they compare in terms of features and adoption? From all the decentralised, e2e encrypted platforms I tried, matrix is the only one more or less accessible for normies.

That wouldn’t apply to conversations you have within a group that hosts their own server, would it? Like within a family or a club.

I started a discussion about this post here:

https://europe.pub/post/4315776

Anyway, I’m in some kinda weird half-and-half place.

Like everyone else then.

We used to call them type A and type B personalities,

Who’s “we”? A quick glance at Wikipedia gives me the impression that it’s the American tobacco industry and “scientists” on their payroll. Hopefully you are not one of them.