Time for an ICQ for the Fediverse?

XMPP and Matrix are already there. A large tree grows from a green platform labeled “ActivityPub + more”. ActivityPub is a protocol for communicating between different applications in the Fediverse. The trunk of the tree is labeled The Fediverse, to indicate that all the applications within the tree crown are part of the The Fediverse. Image source

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Actually... a bridge between XMPP, Matrix and Fedi-based private messages would be interesting.

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- For XMPP and ActivityPub it already exists as part of the Libervia project.
  
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- It would be great to be able any of these clients with any of these servers and that all users could talk to each other
  
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I have been advocating for a while how easy it is to integrate a lightweight XMPP server with fediverse instances. The accounts can be easily linked and the user address is the same.

Here on slrpnk.net for example every member automatically also has an XMPP account.

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dam that's awesome, is your code open source? I want this for .ee

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- https://f-hub.org/Solarpunk/ejabberd-auth-lemmy
  
  It has some smaller issues, but overall it works well.
  
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- Every modern XMPP server supports XMPP over HTTPS (via BOSH or Websockets) and it works just fine.
  
  But I wasn't actually taking about integrating it in the UI of the fediverse instance itself. Which would be nice to have, but really not vital at all if you have a nice mobile chat client.
  
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Você fala português também! Fiquei surpreso outro dia que vi sua postagem 😅

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  Ainda estou a aprender português.
  
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Matrix.org has been there for years.

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I believe dansup is working on a chat app for the Fediverse.

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@dansup@mastodon.social Please consider using xmpp

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what do you have in mind? Jabber/XMPP is very similar.

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It runs on any old raspberry pi (any but raspberry pi 1 I believe) in your house, can be used by family and friends as well. Has iOS and Android apps... I have had good experiences with the easy to set up https://snikket.org/ XMPP server.

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ICQ for the Fediverse

You mean, like XMPP?

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Uh Oh!

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Yeah, let's recreate every dead service within the Fediverse! With open source and 2 dozen active users!

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NNTP version 2.0

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@KISSmyOSFeddit @ajsadauskas ooh, ooh! Can we fork it a few times too??

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matrix is chat for fediverse

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"Hey bro! Here's some 20 year old program! We should totally reinvent it today! It's not like anyone has been working on this exact thing for the last 20 years!". Wtf is with the younger generations obsession with "retro tech"?!? "Look bro, I can do the same thing we can do now, but slower and worse!"

Also Matrix. If you're gonna suggest something, maybe make sure it doesn't already exist.

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"Look bro, I can do the same thing we can do now, but slower and worse!”

Best description of Matrix (in relation to XMPP) I read in a while 😎

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- All these people "rediscovering" old tech like we didn't abandon it for a reason. No, I don't want to build a PC out of old Commodore 64s that barely works and needs to be coded in assembly when I can literally get a mini PC that's 100x more powerful for $120.
  
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- XMPP doesn't have link previews or posting, photo albums, even the idea of a picture with caption text us foreign. No comment reaction, retraction or replies. Inline video or video stream, lol no, even gifs don't work. Talking or video chat ? Not even in your dreams. No wonder the youths hang out on discord
  
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