I started by setting up a synapse server (with docker it is quite easy, although reading all the config options takes some time). I already had a server with docker services running there, so deploying an extra container was easy for me.
I started trying it, with the Element.io apps and convinced a techy friend to try it. Since then, he set up his own server and we have a group of friends that we mainly communicate through matrix. Also, I try to use it with my parents. They want to use it, but end up writing to me through WhatsApp out of muscle memory.
After some time I started looking at public rooms that I'd be interested into, available in matrix.org or matrix.feneas.org.
The easiest way to start, though, is to create a free account in the matrix.org public server using the webapp[0].
I started trying it, with the Element.io apps and convinced a techy friend to try it. Since then, he set up his own server and we have a group of friends that we mainly communicate through matrix. Also, I try to use it with my parents. They want to use it, but end up writing to me through WhatsApp out of muscle memory.
After some time I started looking at public rooms that I'd be interested into, available in matrix.org or matrix.feneas.org.
The easiest way to start, though, is to create a free account in the matrix.org public server using the webapp[0].
[0]: https://app.element.io/#/register