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Re:Why Twitter is such a big deal (2009) by Zak on Sunday January 19, 2025 @09:14PM (#42764294)
XMPP has existed since 1999, but has only seen mainstream adoption inside walled garden apps that never supported federation or shut it off early on. It was possible to use Facebook and Google chat from a generic XMPP client for a long time.
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Re:Why Twitter is such a big deal (2009) by asah on Monday January 20, 2025 @06:09AM (#42767434)
XMPP leaked the features that drove these other apps to win - not the same.
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