slack is paid, irc is a bodge on top of a bodge on top of a bodge, xmpp is rather similar, and matrix... would be nice if any of the clients except element supported any of the features, and also if message synchronization worked more than halfway

[–] Scraft161@iusearchlinux.fyi 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Tbh, I would not mind a proper chat standard built on activitypub, it's obvious that this protocol works, now if only somebody built a secure messaging platform with it.

[–] Anafabula@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The creator of Pixelfed is making something

https://mastodon.social/@dansup/110836811082599292

[–] Scraft161@iusearchlinux.fyi 2 points 11 months ago

Looks very interesting, love to see how well it works (and interoperates between different fediverse platforms)

[–] toastal@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago

MAM & carbons is a solved issue with message synchronization on XMPP. Works great.