There are plenty of reasons XMPP succeeded where it succeeded and failed where it failed. I don't recall if this made the HN front page, but there was some new

There are plenty of reasons XMPP succeeded where it succeeded and failed where it failed. I don't recall if this made the HN front page, but there was some news this week of interest: http://www.theverge.com/2013/12/4/5173726/you-have-too-many-chat-apps-can-layer-connect-them http://www.theverge.com/2013/12/4/5173726/you-have-too-many-... edit: ugh, jer beat me to it by hours