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Re:Thunderbird 102 by pkulak on Wednesday June 29, 2022 @12:27AM (#31916499)
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.

Re:Thunderbird 102 by solar-ice on Wednesday June 29, 2022 @01:07AM (#31916680)
Matrix doesn’t report daily active users. IRC only reports people who are connected right this moment. Those are two entirely different numbers.
Re:Thunderbird 102 by feanaro on Wednesday June 29, 2022 @02:38AM (#31917153)
> Matrix doesn’t report daily active users

It does, if you opt in.

Re:Thunderbird 102 by solar-ice on Wednesday June 29, 2022 @08:33AM (#31919266)
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.
Re:Thunderbird 102 by rrix2 on Wednesday June 29, 2022 @03:26AM (#31917412)
I'd guess that many of those irc users connect through a matrix service these days
Re:Thunderbird 102 by zaik on Wednesday June 29, 2022 @07:43AM (#31918811)
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.
Re:Thunderbird 102 by Arathorn on Wednesday June 29, 2022 @08:06AM (#31919009)
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.

Re:Thunderbird 102 by Dan_Sylveste on Wednesday June 29, 2022 @12:54AM (#31916632)
IRC was 28 million, I take it?
Re:Thunderbird 102 by feanaro on Wednesday June 29, 2022 @02:37AM (#31917147)
Nope, it's Matrix. IRC is dying.