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Re:Element raises $30M to boost Matrix by Macha on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @11:52AM (#27973884)
Practical decentralization, where you can talk to your friend that uses a different provider?

Not just using the same client for Facebook and your corporate chat instance?

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Re:Element raises $30M to boost Matrix by zaik on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @12:34PM (#27974401)
> Practical decentralization, where you can talk to your friend that uses a different provider?

Yes. You can find some lists of servers participating in the federation here: https://xmpp.org/getting-started/

It's just that XMPP providers are not required to participate in the federation. Sadly, large instances like WhatsApp choose not to.

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Re:Element raises $30M to boost Matrix by Andrew_nenakhov on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @12:31PM (#27974373)
Practical decentralisation, as in thousands of servers connected to each other in one federation, working for 20 years.
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