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> Matrix is the most popular open chat protocol [citation needed]

• ajdude 4y ago
  Maybe I’m in living in the past but I would’ve thought it was IRC
• pkulak 4y ago
  I just looked up Matrix and IRC in Wikipedia. One was 28 million (and those are only the servers that opt in to reporting), and one was 371,000. Maybe Jabber has more? But I doubt it.
  • Dan_Sylveste 4y ago
    IRC was 28 million, I take it?
    • feanaro 4y ago
      Nope, it's Matrix. IRC is dying.
  • solar-ice 4y ago
    Matrix doesn’t report daily active users. IRC only reports people who are connected right this moment. Those are two entirely different numbers.
    • feanaro 4y ago
      > Matrix doesn’t report daily active users It does, if you opt in.
      • solar-ice 4y ago
        Can you show me where to opt in, and where this is documented? The only stats I can find that are close to the number provided are for total registered users.
  • rrix2 4y ago
    I'd guess that many of those irc users connect through a matrix service these days
    • zaik 4y ago
      I wouldn't be so sure. If you create a Matrix account and join an IRC channel, your username[m] will never leave the channel, even if you never use Matrix again. I made a few test accounts and it was rather difficult to figure out how leave IRC channels properly if you decide not to use Matrix anymore.
      • Arathorn 4y ago
        If you part the matrix room, you’ll part the IRC channel. You can also disconnect from IRC entirely from the bridge admin room. Finally, if someone joins a channel via Matrix and then disappears without parting or disconnecting, then after 30d we’ll boot them off IRC anyway.