There's lots of misery and soul searching about the failure of federated chat on here, but all the slack-likes that are gaining usage are proof that the opportu

There's lots of misery and soul searching about the failure of federated chat on here, but all the slack-likes that are gaining usage are proof that the opportunity to fix this is still open. A federated chat that had a good user experience and ideally a feature that appeals to a niche (e.g. easy voice chat for gamers like discord app) could still make headway. In fact, the proliferation of new niche clients with relatively easy integrations is the kind of situation in which a federation standard could thrive.