Does Friendica for instances, have something like Facebook Messenger going on? What would be the best for real time communication on both phone and desktop?

  • @[email protected]
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    1814 days ago

    Matrix or XMPP. Personally I’d go with Matrix. World’s on fire and Matrix is encrypted by default.

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    Messengers are the archetypal example of software that has to deal with the network effect. IMO we don’t have the luxury of trying and using lots of FOSS messengers and never picking a winner. At some point there has to be only one left if we want anyone to use it.

    The frontrunner candidate is Matrix.

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      513 days ago

      I wouldn’t care if I had to use multiple messanger apps. There used to be a pc program that let you login to msn, irc, and yahoo messanger all at once and manage your accounts in one place.

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        213 days ago

        Yes, it was called Pidgin. But things become more complex when you add E2E encryption. The ideal destination is a single agreed protocol, just like one exists for things like telephones, the web, and email.

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        213 days ago

        Sad if true. I don’t see it being practical to tell people to use different apps depending on the number of interlocutors.

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    Sup is one. It’s from the dev of Pixelfed. Unlike the other non-fediverse platforms the others mentioned here (XMPP and Matrix), it will use the ActivityPub protocol and will be E2EE.

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      713 days ago

      sounds like a vanity project has half his name and should that man really be spreading himself more thin, is loops even federated

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        213 days ago

        Frankly, I don’t like dansup and his cocky behaviour. But if Sup ever does become reality, then it will be a real alternative. And no, Loops is not federated.