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Jabber/XMPP: How Do We Gain Traction? (gultsch.de)
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[–] 9 points 1 month ago (3 children)

@poVoq None of the messaging systems have anything technical that makes any of them more significant or useful than others. Some really annoy and piss me off, and I use them way less often. So, as the article said: it's about who I can reach. I miss when Google and Facebook were XMPP, and I could use pidgin for pretty much everything. BTW: I'm mcr@xmpp.credil.org.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Not quite true.

    Different feature sets make some solutions more useful than others.

    I like that I can set my profile pic to contacts only, that I do not have to share my ID in public chats, which helps a lot against spam, that I have a protocol that's fast and efficient, that I can see the timezone of people I'm communicating with and that components can have commands. I like using IRC via XMPP, as I don't need a separate bouncer.

    Choosing something with the right feature set is more useful than choosing something else.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago*

    it’s about who I can reach.

    Only if you play the pushover. I will not install Signal - full stop. I hand out a contact card that has my XMPP JID and OMEMO fingerprints. Others install XMPP for the purpose of reaching me.

    I miss when Google and Facebook were XMPP

    XMPP is a good option precisely because those companies are not involved.

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