just wondering: using Matrix is mandatory to participate? Or is the outreach chat-room bridged to e.g. XMPP somehow?

@IzzyOnDroid I don't know. F-Droid runs their own matrix chat server, so naturally that's where most contributors chat. If you'd like host a XMPP bridge that might be a welcome contribution.

In that context I'm just a "user" – I don't host any XMPP/Matrix server, nor a bridge or the like. I use Threema & Conversations for communication, and didn't plan for a 3rd messenger just to participate in a single room – so I was just wondering if there might be a bridge, especially as the other two channels are bridged to IRC. I still can reach out personally to you, Sylvia etc. by other means should it be needed. Or open a confidential issue in eg. the admin tracker should I need to 😉