Still waiting on a decent Android client (preferably open source) which does text, voice, and video. Without that, XMPP is effectively dead for me nowadays. Otherwise I'll never be able to get my friends off of Facebook Messenger.
A free XMPP server powered by green energy and hosted in Germany
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Re: A free XMPP server powered by green energy and hosted in Germany
#12Still waiting on a decent Android client (preferably open source) which does text, voice, and video. Without that, XMPP is effectively dead for me nowadays. Otherwise I'll never be able to get my friends off of Facebook Messenger.
Woah. Friends on FB messenger sounds like lost friends. :( Sorry to hear.
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#13Still waiting on a decent Android client (preferably open source) which does text, voice, and video. Without that, XMPP is effectively dead for me nowadays. Otherwise I'll never be able to get my friends off of Facebook Messenger.
Woah. Friends on FB messenger sounds like lost friends. :( Sorry to hear.
Lost friends? I don't understand what you're referring to.
Re: A free XMPP server powered by green energy and hosted in Germany
#14Still waiting on a decent Android client (preferably open source) which does text, voice, and video. Without that, XMPP is effectively dead for me nowadays. Otherwise I'll never be able to get my friends off of Facebook Messenger.
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Re: A free XMPP server powered by green energy and hosted in Germany
#15What's good about it being hosted in Germany? The fact that there's no free speech?
You may be getting downvoted for snark and hyperbole, and that wouldn't be unfair, but it might be Germany's exemplary use of renewable energy that makes the host country relevant.
I think I raise a very good point. What good is a chat server if it's censored?
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#16Earlier quoted context omitted.
Woah. Friends on FB messenger sounds like lost friends. :( Sorry to hear.
Lost friends? I don't understand what you're referring to.
I think he is implying that he would personally never use FB messenger, so he would not be able to maintain contact with those friends.
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#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
You may be getting downvoted for snark and hyperbole, and that wouldn't be unfair, but it might be Germany's exemplary use of renewable energy that makes the host country relevant.
I think I raise a very good point. What good is a chat server if it's censored?
I think you mean, in this case, what good is a chat server "if I can't post my third reich gifs?".
*I was mainly answering your parent which is now flagged, with the contempt it deserves... :)
Re: A free XMPP server powered by green energy and hosted in Germany
#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
You may be getting downvoted for snark and hyperbole, and that wouldn't be unfair, but it might be Germany's exemplary use of renewable energy that makes the host country relevant.
I think I raise a very good point. What good is a chat server if it's censored?
And you’re almost raising it properly, to boot. All you need now is to drop the rhetorical question and add a link to help those unfamiliar with the event you’re referring to, and you’re all set for upvotes. Don’t forget to frame it like a question and emphasise your neutrality:
“This does seem impressive from a technological standpoint, and I fully support the initiative. However, is anyone else reminded of The Event on Day X?[0][1] I would wager this does put a damper on the credibility of this entire project. Or am I wrong?”
[0] putin.ru/i-am-right
[1] google
Seriously, though. Rhetorical questions and vague references may work well in person but they carry over very poorly on an Internet forum. Please, just get to the point.
(P.s. I’d be lying if I said this isn’t basically how I actually post here)
Re: A free XMPP server powered by green energy and hosted in Germany
#19Still waiting on a decent Android client (preferably open source) which does text, voice, and video. Without that, XMPP is effectively dead for me nowadays. Otherwise I'll never be able to get my friends off of Facebook Messenger.
Try just getting one of them to sign up. You don't need to have all your friends chatting via XMPP, sometimes it's good to just have one friend that you can talk about this stuff with.
Also you don't have to use XMPP, Signal is an open source worthy alternative to WhatsApp and FB messenger.
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#20The problem with Jabber is, that you are locked in to one server, switching means that you have to re-add all your contacts and so far there is no automatic way to do it. I think the developer of IMCom (console Jabber client) thought about that and how it could work but I don't think his idea got a lot of attention.
The "right" way to handle this is as with email: get a domain name, and then use that for your JID. This means you can only use servers that support hosting a custom domain, but at least you can switch servers without changing your address.