I have to agree with @josteink ...while i have used xmpp for a few years quite happily, i am very much a matrix fanboy for the last few years. And, maybe sure,

I have to agree with @josteink ...while i have used xmpp for a few years quite happily, i am very much a matrix fanboy for the last few years. And, maybe sure, matrix might not represent the only/last/ultimate solution here...maybe its only half-way there...but i do favor its direction. So, for now, matrix (for me anyway) is the best direction forward. The more federated, interoperable, adoptable, and freedom-able that we have as a protocol, i think all the better. ....until we have intermingled both into the next, new best protocol: XMPatrix lol :-)