Xmpp.is needs donations to pay for their servers

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Post by jollyjester » Tue, May 22, 2018, 4:39 PM UTC

Xmpp.is needs donations to pay for their servers
xmpp.is

Re: Xmpp.is needs donations to pay for their servers

#2

Post by jollyjester » Tue, May 22, 2018, 5:23 PM UTC

:^)

Re: Xmpp.is needs donations to pay for their servers

#3

Post by dzek69 » Tue, May 22, 2018, 6:27 PM UTC

Well. Old-fashioned communication is dying anyway. Even IRC channels I used to be active on even in 2017 are now moving to different platforms like Discord.

For person to person communication no one I know was using XMPP still uses it.

Is that good or bad? Probably bad. Single open and secure standard (I don't care which one) should be better for average person experience. Not having to keep 4 apps running and stuff.

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Post by phyzome » Tue, May 22, 2018, 6:35 PM UTC

dzek69 wrote: post #3

Well. Old-fashioned communication is dying anyway. Even IRC channels I used to be active on even in 2017 are now moving to different platforms like Discord. For person to person communication no one I know was using XMPP still uses it. Is that good or bad? Probably bad. Single open and secure standard (I don't care which one) should be better for average person experience. Not having to keep 4 apps running and stuff.

At this point, I only know a couple other people who use Jabber (I hate the XMPP name). I think OMEMO (double-ratchet encryption like Signal uses) and the Conversations client for Android (which supports a good "baseline" suite of XEPs -- Jabber extensions) have a good shot at revitalizing it, though.

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Post by upofadown » Tue, May 22, 2018, 8:56 PM UTC

dzek69 wrote: post #3

Well. Old-fashioned communication is dying anyway. Even IRC channels I used to be active on even in 2017 are now moving to different platforms like Discord. For person to person communication no one I know was using XMPP still uses it. Is that good or bad? Probably bad. Single open and secure standard (I don't care which one) should be better for average person experience. Not having to keep 4 apps running and stuff.

I doubt you ever knew anyone using a XMPP server over TOR, which is what this is.

This is a new thing...

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Post by tibu » Wed, May 23, 2018, 4:34 AM UTC

I never used Jabber / XMPP but now I'm think of setting up my own Matrix server. Which one is it worth for everyday communication on the long term? XMPP or Matrix?