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Re:XMPP: The Gem of Instant Messaging by WD-42 on Thursday November 07, 2024 @02:54PM (#42080231)
Facebook? Or was that something else. All I remember is a golden age when between google and Facebook I had like 90% of my non work contacts available to chat with on pidgin. And my work used xmpp internally, it was glorious.
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Re:XMPP: The Gem of Instant Messaging by singpolyma3 on Friday November 08, 2024 @12:04AM (#42084328)
Facebook had a poorly maintained gateway into their chat system which spoke XMPP c2s (no federation). Was pretty much a hack to get people to stop asking for a Linux client until the web app became the only desktop option anyway.
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