diff --git a/docs/faq.md b/docs/faq.md index 6026721..b9e79aa 100644 --- a/docs/faq.md +++ b/docs/faq.md @@ -21,7 +21,10 @@ messages from any given date and day-by-day navigation. Only public Matrix rooms with `shared` or `world_readable` [history visibility](https://spec.matrix.org/v1.7/client-server-api/#room-history-visibility) are -accessible in the Matrix Public Archive. +accessible in the Matrix Public Archive. In some clients like Element, the `shared` +option equates to "Members only (since the point in time of selecting this option)" and +`world_readable` to "Anyone" under the **room settings** -> **Security & Privacy** -> +**Who can read history?**. But the archive bot (`@archive:matrix.org`) will join any public room because it doesn't know the history visibility without first joining. Any room without `world_readable` or