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Lemmy.zip Weekly Chat - October 09, 2023 (self.home)

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Hey there, this is the weekly thread for all general topics and any questions. You can also join us on Matrix for a chat!

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[–] z3r0_Geek -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wonder why Matrix is being so well received by the community over XMPP which has been around for years and is also federated.

[–] BrikoX 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Bridges is a big advantage it offers. So if you already have a community it allows you to move people over slowly while not loosing those that are completely against trying out a new platform.

And Google dropping support for it in 2013 really hurt XMPP.

[–] z3r0_Geek 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I didn't know that feature. So, if I understood it well, if you have a Slack community you could move your people to Matrix with no pain. Sounds really good.

Anyway, I just cannot understand why the fact that Google dropped support for XMPP could hurt it that much. I'm not possitioning myself, I just cannot understand. That's all.

[–] BrikoX 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Same reason iMessage dominates iPhones. Proprietary lock in as a vendor makes transitioning regular people very hard. After years of everyone on Android/Gmail being able to talk with people that used XMPP were suddenly cut off.