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Network effect? I use matrix today. What does xmpp have that I should switch for?

• toastal 3y ago
  XMPP by its extensible nature can be a social network (Movim), a community organizer (Libervia), or can be used for basic presence, etc. & these can sit atop your XMPP server (Prosody, ejabberd, etc.). Matrix, without extensibility, is kinda relegated to chat (text, voice, video) only. The push-based servers make clients efficient, and both Prosody & ejabberd can be UnifiedPush server with a basically a boolean flip in the config—interestingly can be a push server for Element & other Matrix clients instead of relying on Google.
  • ptman 3y ago
    Matrix is very extensible. You can start sending your own yc.toastal.test.first event type and put any json as value
  • Tmpod 3y ago
    Like the other commenter said, Matrix is very extensible, as you can just send custom events as you wish. There's also lots of emerging non-IM platforms built on top of Matrix, like collaborative whiteboards, virtual rooms, embeddable comments, etc. With the new protocol-level performance MSCs coming around the corner, Matrix is becoming ever more appealing for all sorts of applications.
• rakoo 3y ago
  You can run a functional server for multiple people on a very low-power device.
• CameronNemo 3y ago
  JMP.chat Speaking as a user of both element generally and Cheogram/JMP.chat. I still use both.