To clarify, my comment about non-cooperative chat systems was in reference to MS Teams, Slack, etc. I didn't bring up XMPP. XMPP *might have* been an ok univers

To clarify, my comment about non-cooperative chat systems was in reference to MS Teams, Slack, etc. I didn't bring up XMPP. XMPP *might have* been an ok universal protocol to standardize on, but many players (like Google et al) took things in a non-cooperative direction. Thereby somewhat killing its benefit of federation. Also, as much of a fan boy that i am about matrix, i acknowledge it may not be the most perfect, but i feel it is pretty damn awesome from a technology perspective...But even more awesome, are the people and community behind it who - more than any other effort that i'm familar with - actually listen to the rest of the members of the community, and try to find some accord for what is best for all. Finally, i could be wrong, but some of the founders of the matrix protocol (and community) actually loved and came from the IRC world. Obviously, you have a right to your own opinion. :-)