• AVincentInSpace@pawb.social
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    11 months ago

    it’s because the alternatives suck more

    slack is paid, irc is a bodge on top of a bodge on top of a bodge, xmpp is rather similar, and matrix… would be nice if any of the clients except element supported any of the features, and also if message synchronization worked more than halfway

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      11 months ago

      Tbh, I would not mind a proper chat standard built on activitypub, it’s obvious that this protocol works, now if only somebody built a secure messaging platform with it.

    • toastal@lemmy.ml
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      11 months ago

      MAM & carbons is a solved issue with message synchronization on XMPP. Works great.