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Add reason why the archive bot is joining the room #262

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Expand Up @@ -19,15 +19,15 @@ messages from any given date and day-by-day navigation.

## Why did the archive bot join my room?

Only public Matrix rooms with `shared` or `world_readable` history visibility are
Only public Matrix rooms with `shared` or `world_readable` [history
visibility](https://spec.matrix.org/v1.6/client-server-api/#room-history-visibility) are
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accessible in the Matrix Public Archive.

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
`shared` [history
visibility](https://spec.matrix.org/v1.6/client-server-api/#room-history-visibility)
will lead a `403 Forbidden`. And if the public room is in the room directory, it will be
listed in the archive but will still lead to a `403 Forbidden` in that case.
`shared` history visibility will lead a `403 Forbidden`. And if the public room is in
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the room directory, it will be listed in the archive but will still lead to a `403
Forbidden` in that case.

The Matrix Public Archive doesn't hold onto any data (it's
stateless) and requests the messages from the homeserver every time. The
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