Matrix vs. XMPP | Luke Smith
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You want to have encrypted, self-hosted and free software chat? Which standard should you use?

I dunno what tech experts could corroborate from what is said in this article, but it might be interesting in the context of searching for a sane Discord alternative

  • skribe@piefed.socialEnglish
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    3 months ago

    GenX. I used IRC back in the early 90s, but by the mid-90s I’d moved on. Probably to ICQ. I can’t recall.

    Then, in the mid-noughties my millennial work colleagues were going crazy for Mirc. I was shocked to discover it was just IRC with a pretty face but all the same issues that caused me to leave it 10 years before.

    And it’s still going. Although, no longer flavour of the month.