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> You can only message people that are using the SAME messaging app as you. No, Matrix supports bridging with about two dozen protocols,¹ many of which support
by boogies 6y ago
> You can only message people that are using the SAME messaging app as you.
No, Matrix supports bridging with about two dozen protocols,¹ many of which support multiple clients (at least 7: IRC, RSS, Email, SMS, Mastodon, libpurple —actually a library supporting multiple protocols including IRC and XMPP— and Twitter) — some of which have dozens if not hundreds of clients.
¹IRC, Slack, RSS, Gitter, Discord, RocketChat, iMessage, Facebook Messenger, Email, SMS, Mastodon, libpurple, GroupMe, Skype, WeChat, Tox, Mumble, Twitter, Mattermost, Keybase (Edit: this one was discontinued), Google Hangouts, Telegram, WhatsApp, Instagram, and Signal — https://matrix.org/bridges/ https://matrix.org/bridges/
- upofadown 6y agoThe linked to page does not mention XMPP...
- boogies 6y agoRight, it mentions libpurple (represented by the purple square https://matrix.org/bridges/#libpurple https://matrix.org/bridges/#libpurple), which is a library (probably best known for use in the Pidgin frontend) that can use 10 protocols without plugins, including XMPP: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pidgin_(software)#Supported_protocols https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pidgin_(software)#Supported_pr...
- upofadown 6y agoOK. Perhaps a better way to approach the issue: What XMPP address format can I use to talk to a Matrix user ID? ... and vice versa...