Team Votes(#458)

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ID	Category	Title	Creator	Status	Result
458	organization	Bridge public Matrix rooms to the corresponding discord channels (https://forums.xonotic.org/showthread.php?tid=6099) for greater synergy within the community. Grant team members moderation rights on discord via the bridge (a discord account is not necessary), and invite Tommy (the owner of the Xonotic discord) to join the team. Matrix would remain the recommended chat service.	Spike29	PASSED	3:0(3 abstained, 10 didn't vote)

2025-07-04T09:05:57Z - 2025-07-14T09:05:57Z

User	Decision	Comment
AsciiWolf	NONE
Freddy	ABSTAIN	Discord as a platform is problematic, but it is also the mainstream communication platform for gamers. There are also several problems with bridging the two platforms (different ToS, moderation etc). While I would prefer to see this community embrace open platforms, realisticly I don't expect a major shift away from discord in the near future.
Antibody	NONE
bones_was_here	YES	This policy reduces fragmentation, allowing FOSS people to participate in more chats and events and discord people more access to support and services. It may even help a few people to switch to the FOSS side. Making it work so the arrangement is mutually beneficial and doesn't incur all the drawbacks mentioned on https://xonotic.org/teamvotes/423/ requires close cooperation and good quality bridging (which I've volunteered to sysadmin).
divVerent	ABSTAIN	This would require us to enforce Discord's moderation policies on the Matrix rooms as well, and vice versa. Intended?
Dr. Jaska	YES	I may be out of the loop in terms of our more generic and Vanilla communities and communication channels but ideologically I support this, hoping that it works out in practice.
Halogene	NONE
illwieckz	NONE
k9er	ABSTAIN	The Discord server is currently, and will probably continue to be, moderated to a far lesser extent than the Matrix is. At a minimum the rules on the Discord server should be deleted and replaced with the ones on https://xonotic.org/rules, as this page very clearly states "This document applies to all communication channels moderated by the Team". Otherwise, linking the rooms would be good.
LegendGuard	NONE
morosophos	NONE
MrBougo	NONE
Nitroxis	NONE
Spike29	YES	Matrix and Discord (+IRC via another bridge) both have active Xonotic communities that don't interact with each other. Bridging the public Matrix rooms to their Discord counterpart would improve the synergy within the community, without forcing anyone (and especially team members) to use Discord, whose dubious privacy practices have been pointed out in a previous vote.
terencehill	NONE
z411	NONE