@customdesigned I don't rhink that matrix messages have any retention
@customdesigned so, I'd say matrix sucks on this.
But I still love matrix for other features.
@engelbart What is "this" you don't like? That comments don't disappear unless you take steps? Or that comments can disappear eventually?
@customdesigned that I can't set retention period for my messages.
@engelbart Oh, but you can.
@customdesigned how?
@engelbart Of course, once something is out on the internet you can never be sure all copies are deleted. Standard Matrix homeservers follow delete/retention requests - but the code is open, and NSA homeservers would just archive them instead. 😜
@engelbart And of course, when facebook, et al, "delete" on your request, it is still on their backups.
@customdesigned seems not to be accessible on my homeserver
@engelbart What do you mean exactly? Are you trying to DM me? On what server?
@customdesigned Do you know what is a homeserver in Matrix?
@engelbart It's like a mastodon/chatter/pleroma/etc server but for Matrix protocol instead of ActivityPub protocol.
Protocol website at https://matrix.org, one list of homeservers at https://joinmatrix.org
@customdesigned Yes. My homeserver is matrix.org. And as I can see it doesn't support retention for the messages.
So I can't specify auto-delete timer in my groups/chats.
@engelbart Yes, you need to run your own homeserver. Synapse only lets the admin configure retention policy.
@customdesigned what do you think of dendrite?
@engelbart Much smaller footprint than synapse. Passes more and more of test suite with each release. I will deploy a test as soon as I get it built for Fedora. (According to Fedora packing standards - offline, repeatable build.)
@engelbart Oh - are you saying you can't reach github.io ?
@engelbart They are kept indefinitely. But you can set a retention limit on matrix-synapse - or as a user post a tombstone on a room pointing to a new, fresh one.