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Mostly agree, although I do still think it's solvable in theory, e.g. if chat platforms had strong incentives to implement the same popular feature sets (for ex
by ve55 6y ago
Mostly agree, although I do still think it's solvable in theory, e.g. if chat platforms had strong incentives to implement the same popular feature sets (for example, think of how many websites implement various optional HTML features such as metadata tags, since it helps them on social media, chat applications, search engine results, and so on).
- SilverRed 6y agoI think a federated system is probably possible. If Matrix comes out with a killer server and client combo in the next few years, it could take off and really work. But I think if too many server implementations are created, they will end up in a state where its not possible to add new features anymore because a large percent of the user base won't be able to use them because their server implementation does not support them. Having compatibility between systems like between discord and telegram is just going to be a nightmare no matter what you do since they both want to decide on their own what the features should be.