@smiletolerantly@awful.systems
Post #595249
2026-03-09 07:27 UTC
Ugh. I’ve always liked Matrix (and was not bothered too much by the metadata leaks because my home server was not federated anyways), but after noticing some issues and finally reading up on the actual protocol spec a couple of weeks ago… oof. Yeah. No.
Set up XMPP for now. Works really well and the protocol seems so much saner. Unfortunately, it too has some annoyances that are unacceptable to me in the long term. I’m this close to saying “fuck it” and wasting the next couple of years of my life on a new protocol that no one is gonna use. (Cue the XKCD here.)
Replies (3)
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@SwooshBakery624@programming.dev 2026-03-09 07:52
Works really well and the protocol seems so much saner. Unfortunately, it is not.
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@mistermodal@lemmy.ml 2026-03-09 23:16
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA lemmy.ml/comment/24436351 I FUCKING KNEW IT YOU PEOPLE ONLY KNOW THAT ONE BLOG
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@ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 2026-03-10 03:55
I’m this close to saying “fuck it” and wasting the next couple of years of my life on a new protocol that no one is gonna use. This article does a good job exploring the landscape of text chats, and ultimately finds that XMPP is still our best bet, it just needs some spit and polish.