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1. okwhateverdude · 1790594590 · focus · HN ↗

   lol, so XMPP, but instead of XML, it is IRC. Alright, I dig it.

   1. singpolyma3 · 1790598421 · focus · HN ↗

      Instead of TCP+XML it's HTTP+JSON

      The IRC is just a front end. Could use any front end

      1. okwhateverdude · 1790619750 · focus · HN ↗

         I see. So more similar to ActivityPub.

         I wish them the best of luck. Federated systems struggle to achieve critical mass, and if they do, large corporations tend to snuff it out. I distinctly remember Google committing to The Microsoft EEE strategy with XMPP. We've left behind lots of great ideas in the last 20 years

         1. singpolyma3 · 1790627795 · focus · HN ↗

            Google helped make XMPP quite popular for awhile, then killed their own product and left us with a lot of useful specs they had contributed. So I'm not sure I'd call that EEE

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