the examples given (matrix, activitypubkindathing) both have major players (matrix, mastodon) that move fast enough that everyone else is
constantly chasing after parity with them, which IMO kinda re-enforces moxie's point.
As far as I can tell, if you want to do fully open and parity, you got either IRC, the joke being still lack of parity, no client can agree on using the same E2E encryption method, etc. Or XMPP, once again, 5million extensions to the spec (the XSF recommends reading through 23 seperate RFCs to get an idea of how to implement a client).
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So, if you have issues with the current options, and concrete ideas of how to solve them, please free us all from the hell that is current open communications. This isn't a "just fork it", its an earnest plea.
As far as I can tell, if you want to do fully open and parity, you got either IRC, the joke being still lack of parity, no client can agree on using the same E2E encryption method, etc. Or XMPP, once again, 5million extensions to the spec (the XSF recommends reading through 23 seperate RFCs to get an idea of how to implement a client).
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So, if you have issues with the current options, and concrete ideas of how to solve them, please free us all from the hell that is current open communications. This isn't a "just fork it", its an earnest plea.