I've heard, and I haven't tried myself, that Matrix has tons of utility between other messaging apps, sending messages to and fro or remote controlling other clients, or moderating large amounts of rooms at once.
It's nice that it isn't just for drugs and crypto, tho.
Actually some people were trying to help me with a problem on a Linux system. It’s weird but makes sense that most of these fringe tech platforms are used by people using Linux to talk about Linux.
It’s like ham radios… lots of folks talking about their ham radios. And their plans for their ham radios. And asking about ham radios.