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For tech groups there are a lot of good ones on matrix which is a federated network.

MayeulC 7y ago
I second this. Matrix is a great protocol, with lots of promising clients [0] like Fractal, Spectral, Riot(X), Pattle, etc. and bridges pretty well with Slack, Discord, Gitter, IRC... It is self-hostable, and provides a modern baseline of features (though Riot is the only fully-featured client at the moment). Burying myself in a walled garden is a no-go, so it has been working pretty well for me so far. I only regret the fact that the reference server implementation consumes a lot of resources, but it should be coming down [1][2] (the current state stems from the proof-of-concept python implementation having grown unchecked over the years), with alternative implementations hopefully becoming viable soon[3]. [0]: https://matrix.org/docs/projects/clients-matrix https://matrix.org/docs/projects/clients-matrix [1]: https://github.com/orgs/matrix-org/projects/9 https://github.com/orgs/matrix-org/projects/9 [2]: https://matrix.org/blog/posts https://matrix.org/blog/posts [3]: https://matrix.org/docs/projects/try-matrix-now.html https://matrix.org/docs/projects/try-matrix-now.html
- no_identd 7y ago
  Meh. Personally, I could neither consider myself a Matrix fan…: https://https://web.archive.org/web/20180711050333/https://matrix.org/docs/guides/faq.html#what-is-the-difference-between-matrix-and-psyc https://https://web.archive.org/web/20180711050333/https://m... (Why they removed this, and many of the other entries, from their FAQ? Who knows.) https://about.psyc.eu/Matrix https://about.psyc.eu/Matrix https://secushare.org/comparison https://secushare.org/comparison …nor a fan of Federation in general: https://about.psyc.eu/Federation https://about.psyc.eu/Federation https://secushare.org/federation https://secushare.org/federation Of course, the perceived need for federation only arises in the first place because the 'Inter'net doesn't actually deserve the name "Internet"—it's just three bead on a string telco networks in a Trenchcoat held together by thought-terminating clichés, of which you'll find plenty over here (and I don't exclude my comment there from that description): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19864808 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19864808 And a beads on a string model kinda forces one to enduldge otherwise mostly unnecessary middlemen. Grrrrrrrr.
- TheJoYo 7y ago
  matrix is a bit of a mess right now. a number of IRC channels have banned their bridges.

I second this. Matrix is a great protocol, with lots of promising clients [0] like Fractal, Spectral, Riot(X), Pattle, etc. and bridges pretty well with Slack, Discord, Gitter, IRC... It is self-hostable, and provides a modern baseline of features (though Riot is the only fully-featured client at the moment). Burying myself in a walled garden is a no-go, so it has been working pretty well for me so far. I only regret the fact that the reference server implementation consumes a lot of resources, but it should be coming down [1][2] (the current state stems from the proof-of-concept python implementation having grown unchecked over the years), with alternative implementations hopefully becoming viable soon[3]. [0]: https://matrix.org/docs/projects/clients-matrix https://matrix.org/docs/projects/clients-matrix [1]: https://github.com/orgs/matrix-org/projects/9 https://github.com/orgs/matrix-org/projects/9 [2]: https://matrix.org/blog/posts https://matrix.org/blog/posts [3]: https://matrix.org/docs/projects/try-matrix-now.html https://matrix.org/docs/projects/try-matrix-now.html

no_identd 7y ago
Meh. Personally, I could neither consider myself a Matrix fan…: https://https://web.archive.org/web/20180711050333/https://matrix.org/docs/guides/faq.html#what-is-the-difference-between-matrix-and-psyc https://https://web.archive.org/web/20180711050333/https://m... (Why they removed this, and many of the other entries, from their FAQ? Who knows.) https://about.psyc.eu/Matrix https://about.psyc.eu/Matrix https://secushare.org/comparison https://secushare.org/comparison …nor a fan of Federation in general: https://about.psyc.eu/Federation https://about.psyc.eu/Federation https://secushare.org/federation https://secushare.org/federation Of course, the perceived need for federation only arises in the first place because the 'Inter'net doesn't actually deserve the name "Internet"—it's just three bead on a string telco networks in a Trenchcoat held together by thought-terminating clichés, of which you'll find plenty over here (and I don't exclude my comment there from that description): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19864808 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19864808 And a beads on a string model kinda forces one to enduldge otherwise mostly unnecessary middlemen. Grrrrrrrr.
TheJoYo 7y ago
matrix is a bit of a mess right now. a number of IRC channels have banned their bridges.