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Re:A month using XMPP (using Snikket) for every call and cha... by oofbey on Tuesday July 29, 2025 @07:39PM (#44729490)
Presence is the key problem. It scales badly - in terms of compute, bandwidth, and battery. And it's not actually useful. Lose lose. Solution: don't use XMPP.
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Re:A month using XMPP (using Snikket) for every call and cha... by opan on Tuesday July 29, 2025 @08:30PM (#44729821)
Matrix had similar problems and most servers just disable presence. Can XMPP not do this?
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Re:A month using XMPP (using Snikket) for every call and cha... by SoftTalker on Tuesday July 29, 2025 @11:10PM (#44730611)
Who GAF about presence. If the person answers, they're there.
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