Xmpp is The activitypub of chatting
Comment on Unifying the Fediverse
happeningtofry99158@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoMatrix is not part of the fediverse, so that’s kind of a special case and doesn’t work the same at all as the rest.
Didn’t know about that. Is there a fediverse messager people could use?
What you describe sounds very simplified, but let me assure you that there is nothing simple about this problem (I say that as a software engineer that has studied ActivityPub, the protocol underlying the fediverse).
I’m sure the development is difficult, and I don’t mean to downplay the complexity involved. Still, I wonder if a modular or plugin-based architecture could help bridge that gap.
Pamasich@kbin.earth 3 weeks ago
Is there a fediverse messager people could use?
There is one in active development. But it doesn't seem to be federating YET according to the description. That's an item in the planned list, and federating with other instances of itself is marked as wip. But work is being done on that front, the latest commit on the main branch is from 4 days ago.
happeningtofry99158@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
thanks!
SorteKanin@feddit.dk 3 weeks ago
It sounds like that would require unifying the architecture of all fediverse platforms, which nobody is interested in and very much goes against the point (decentralization). Right now all of these platforms are written independently, with unique architectures and different programming languages.
Suffice to say that, while it’s a nice thought, what you’re proposing is not really realistic, nor is it actually desired.
happeningtofry99158@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I see now, thanks