Some sort of extensible message protocol?
Comment on Whatsapp has begun working on support for third party chats (Telegram/Signal)
Ethanol@pawb.social 9 months ago
Different apps being able to communicate sounds similar to the fediverse! Would be nice if there was a common protocol/library every messenger would use and clients would only need to implement it.
Paradox@lemdro.id 9 months ago
KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 months ago
Yes! And we’ll name it eXtensible Message Protocol Protocol 😁
MSids@lemmy.sdf.org 9 months ago
I agree with the other commenter that it sounds a bit like the Fediverse. It’s interesting to think about. I think part of what draws people to any messaging platform is continuity with the other services on the platform. The actual messaging experience can be duplicated or exceeded by anyone, like how RCS has made the humble text message more powerful and compatible than anyone at Apple could comprehend.
With this idea, would any messaging platform that became ultra successful be then required to allow other platforms to message their users? Which platforms are allowed? How is spam managed? What about special privacy features like what’s built in to Signal or Telegram? How do the platforms manage linking to content embedded in other parts of the platform (think Instagram posts/reels/messenger).
There are a lot of difficult issues to work out.
scurry@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Awaken from thy slumber XMPP! Bring us new and better implementations and standards, and the network effect we once enjoyed now solidified by law.
Asudox@lemmy.world 9 months ago
That would be nice indeed.