2026-10-21 09:17 UTC
Meanwhile everyone is using Discord (still after Chinese funding, enshittification, age verification)
A fringe moved to non federated options Fluxer Haven Stoat
Matrix is too expensive to host, xmpp has no clients to use IRC can’t even edit a message.
Replies (5)
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@ik5pvx@lemmy.world 2026-10-21 10:04
IRC can’t even edit a message. you say that like if it were a bad thing
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@Calfpupa@lemmy.ml 2026-10-21 14:04
Chinese funding, nothing wrong with that. A CEO funding genocide however.
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@MousePotatoDoesStuff@piefed.social 2026-10-21 16:16
That reminds me, I should try to set up a Bolt bridge for my Discord-Stoat server pair again.
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@svcg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-10-21 16:33
Editing messages is for cowards. Just dno’t make mistake.
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@Scoopta@programming.dev 2026-10-21 20:30
There are plenty of XMPP clients out there that work great… finding one that supports all the features you actually care about…now that’s the hard part. XMPP has too many opt in extensions and it’s very hit and miss with clients