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With Meta starting to actually implement ActivityPub, I think it would be a good idea to remind everyone of what they are most likely going to do.

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[โ€“] misk@sopuli.xyz 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yes, it was a good alternative, and it remains good alternative now although Matrix seems way more popular these days. Nothing really changed regardless of adopting XMPP because with a hindsight we know that for tech giants it's the platform and not protocol that captures mainstream popularity:

[โ€“] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

That is true. Discord - gaming, Messenger - FB. Google just couldn't tie it with any social network, so it flopped... and their numerous attempts at creating one.