There's still something I can't wrap my head around. Over 6 months ago, Element laid off the entire Matrix trust & safety team, citing budget and funding concerns (and kinda throwing them under the bus at the same time, but that's a separate matter). And this seems to imply that a similarly sized team has been kept on payroll at the same time to work on a Matrix-powered metaverse experiment (Third Room).
Given the blog post mentions that Matrix and Element are still suffering from lack of funding, it would mean that Element and the Matrix.org Foundation are considering that niche experiment as way more mission-critical for Matrix than moderation/trust & safety. Which feels absolutely insane to me. And it definitely does not make me confident in the fact that, should I decide to provide financial support to the foundation and/or Element, they would spend this money wisely in a way that improves Matrix as a whole rather than trying to make a niche point (that metaverse/AR use cases are possible on Matrix).
I love Matrix, and have been for years, but this does not make me feel confident in the future of the project.
Given the blog post mentions that Matrix and Element are still suffering from lack of funding, it would mean that Element and the Matrix.org Foundation are considering that niche experiment as way more mission-critical for Matrix than moderation/trust & safety. Which feels absolutely insane to me. And it definitely does not make me confident in the fact that, should I decide to provide financial support to the foundation and/or Element, they would spend this money wisely in a way that improves Matrix as a whole rather than trying to make a niche point (that metaverse/AR use cases are possible on Matrix).
I love Matrix, and have been for years, but this does not make me feel confident in the future of the project.