I have a Matrix installation with bridges to WhatsApp, Slack, Telegram and Signal. All the conversations are done in a single app, my Matrix client.
this post was submitted on 18 Mar 2026
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I also prefer this approach but the biggest difficulty lies in integrating Gchat esp after it's latest security policies (https://github.com/mautrix/googlechat/issues/115). Do you also face this issue? Any tips/ suggestions for me
I've not bridged Google Chat, no. Sorry.
I have one problem with matrix: I have yet to find a solid mobile client. Do you have one?
Element X.
My client conversations are spread across different messaging platforms, and sometimes important or more detailed discussions just get buried or overlooked.
Yep, I have exactly this problem too. Instructions/feedback are spread across Teams messages, phone calls, video calls, and email, between and across multiple clients.
To bring it all together we tried using Trello - and now instructions/feedback are spread across Teams messages, phone calls, video calls, email and Trello.
It's basically XKCDMultipleStandards.jpg ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
That’s the tricky part, right? Most tools organize tasks, but the actual conversations and context still stay scattered. Have you found anything that even partially reduces that?
Sadly not! 😁
I don't have an answer, but I at least feel your pain. My personal email has too much traffic, so I miss things. My corporate email is now flooded with corporate drivel and timecard reminders (because I'm at what used to be a small company that got acquired by a big company). I also have SMS, Signal, and three different customer IT systems that I have to log into. There's also a project-specific Mattermost server that I ignore. It's painful.
Same here. I’ve had moments where I only find something important hours later just because it came through a channel I hadn’t opened yet.
I go the opposite route and only give clients a few contacts: work email and phone number
I’ve thought about doing this as well. It feels like the simplest solution, but in practice, I find clients naturally drift to whatever is most convenient for them.
I usually explicitly tell clients that they can reach me only at those adresses. If they reach out on other platforms I usually ignore it and adress it next time I meet them