Easier to just host an .ics file with all the events in some website and let everyone use whatever calendar app they like.

Good/bad content is the same whether it’s AI or not, plus those using AI would probably just lie and say it’s not AI.

Using NearLink as a name for something networking related is a good way to make sure Huawei sends you a nice letter the second you get big enough.

If by “open registration” you mean that anybody with your domain name can just go and create an account with no extra verification, then that’s interesting. Good to know.

Element X requires MAS for registration by design, but login is whatever for now. They’re very adamant about making the app MAS-centric.

Also, open registration will get your instance banned from matrix.org homeserver afaik. Probably not an issue if you don’t plan to federate with them, but worth noting.

On Matrix, as long as you have your username and password, it’s not possible to get “locked out” due to not having your keys. In fact, your keys are only necessary if you plan to participate in encrypted chats, in which case it’s obvious that losing your key will mean losing access to old messages. However, you will still be able to receive new messages by generating a new key.

I use MediaMTX. You can stream to it with whatever (I use OBS). You could even publish it to a website behind an iframe.