| 22 May 2025 |
 f0x | In reply to @emilazy:matrix.org
can you have secret conversations nobody using normal clients can see or do homeservers filter them out? yes, sending new/custom event types is an explicit goal for Matrix. Element can be configure to always show (unknown) events in the timeline stil though | 06:42:17 |
 emily | right. I think I used to have that turned on | 06:42:29 |
| emily | but it seems like an abuse vector. you can smuggle illegal content into rooms that the mods probably won't see? | 06:42:42 |
| f0x | In reply to @emilazy:matrix.org
but it seems like an abuse vector. you can smuggle illegal content into rooms that the mods probably won't see? not sure how much you'd gain by doing that instead of just creating a new room | 06:43:48 |
| emily | fair | 06:43:56 |
| emily | it worked!! thank you uep | 06:44:11 |
| emily | wanna do the same to the old offtopic too? | 06:44:14 |
 uep | resent tombstone | 06:44:18 |
| emily | that gets a fair bit of traffic as well | 06:44:20 |
| uep | got a link / room id handy? | 06:44:54 |
| emily | one sec | 06:45:46 |
| emily | lol | 06:46:13 |
| emily | guess what link Element gave me? | 06:46:18 |
| emily | https://matrix.to/#/#offtopic:nixos.org | 06:46:21 |
|  watersucks joined the room. | 06:46:35 |
| emily | !sgkZKRutwatDMkYBHU:nixos.org | 06:46:39 |
| emily | activity seems to have died down though, but for a while we basically had two offtopics | 06:46:48 |
| emily | search continuity is nice though | 06:47:11 |
| uep | Redacted or Malformed Event | 06:49:17 |
|  UlyssesZhan joined the room. | 06:51:04 |
| uep | looks like I won't be able to do much there.. I'm not shown as a mod and neither is mjolnir | 06:51:07 |
| emily | no worries | 06:51:22 |
|  pydera joined the room. | 06:52:37 |
|  jaywimbie joined the room. | 06:53:08 |
|  MangoIV joined the room. | 06:53:38 |
 Zhaofeng Li | interesting, this is new: https://usercontent.irccloud-cdn.com/file/9nDosRQp/old-room-notification.png | 06:54:02 |
| Zhaofeng Li | so spam opportunities would remain if the old rooms weren't restricted | 06:54:43 |
| uep | the spec does suggest the pl change that was apparently done | 06:57:01 |
| uep |
If possible, the power levels in the old room should also be modified to prevent sending of events and inviting new users. For example, setting events_default and invite to the greater of 50 and users_default + 1.
| 06:57:21 |
| uep | *
If possible, the power levels in the old room should also be modified to prevent sending of events and inviting new users. For example, setting events_default and invite to the greater of 50 and users_default + 1.
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