I'm a matrix user and fiddled around with the room there a bit. My findings were that the room itself seems to be fine, but the pretty alias is broken in some way that I don't understand. I came up with two ways to join the room via the internal ID and I also took the liberty to modify the old workaround a little and made it more precise. --- participating.html | 14 ++++++++------ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/participating.html b/participating.html index 811fcf4..58f2ff3 100644 --- a/participating.html +++ b/participating.html @@ -78,13 +78,15 @@ the web. <h3>Note for Matrix users</h3> <p> -There appears to be an issue with Matrix's IRC bridge that prevents -Matrix users from joining #spectrum. The workaround is as follows: +There appears to be an issue with Matrix's IRC bridged room that prevents +Matrix users from joining the channel with the normal alias <q>#freenode_#spectrum:matrix.org</q>. There are the following workarounds: + +<ul> + <li>Join the room via it's internal name: <q>/join !ZsIiqZmCTSWHpTQWaw:matrix.org</q>. + <li>Join the room via <a href="https://matrix.to/#/!ZsIiqZmCTSWHpTQWaw:matrix.org">matrix.to link</a>.</li> + <li>Ask the bridges appservice to invite you to the room: <q>/msg @appservice-irc:matrix.org !join #spectrum</q> and accept the invite.</li> +</ul> -<ol> - <li>Post <q>!join #spectrum</q> in your "Freenode IRC Bridge" chat.</li> - <li>Accept the invitation you are sent.</li> -</ol> <p> If you experience this issue, kindly report it to the people who run -- 2.28.0