My three reasons not to use Signal:

1. It only runs on Android/iOS, which I don't (want to) have. Even their desktop client needs an Android/iOS device!

2. It runs and depends on AWS. I.e. DJT could ask his buddy Jeff B. to switch it off. As #EU citizen, I prefer a local server.

3. They want a phone number to register. This makes multipe accounts for different purposes practically impossible.

Fortunately, there's #Jabber — since 1999!

#digitalSovereignty#XMPP

One thing that really pisses me off personally is the #regression in terms of #Messenger#Apps.

My personal distaste and dislike for #proprietary, #SingleVendor & #SingleProvider #services like #Signal¹, #Telegram, #Discord², #WhatsApp, #Slack, #MicrosoftTeams, etc. aside:

• WHY is there no #CrossProvider#Messenger to handle that shite?

• WHY does everyone of these shitty providers think people want to download their #bloated#WebApp that takes up triple digit Megabytes if not entire Gigabytes and will gobble up all the #RAM and #CPU they can??

This problem ain't new and already got solved for corporate social media ages ago! (Not to mention actually good messengers!)

• And no, bridgesdon't count!

• I mean API 0 - style access because obviously none of the platforms will allow, endorse or support such an endeavour and actively fight the developers and users !

So yeah, consider this a call for a @gajim / #Gajim or @pidgin / #Pidginfor garbage platforms!

• Cuz back in the day we had way worse messengers yet people actually made #AIM, #ICQ, #MSN, #QQ, #IRC & #XMPP work just fine from one single "phat" client!

• Can we please get that back?

#api0#Enshittification

🇬🇧 Launch of the XMPP / Fediverse Bridge!

You've been waiting for it, here it is: from now on you'll be able to chat directly between Fediverse and XMPP instant messaging! All from your usual account and application, without changing a thing.

So how does it work? Very simply, two twin robot accounts will be responsible for passing your messages to the other world.

So from Mastodon: your contact is @xmpp_bridge, who you can follow to sign up, then send and receive messages from XMPP.

Each time you send a message, you do as you would for any private message: mention the robot account from Mastodon or send a private message from an application such as Pixelfed or Friendica, for example.

Address your XMPP recipient(s) with the prefix xmpp: followed by their address (without spaces). You can reply directly to any message you receive.

You can also manage your block lists to prevent spam, and you can report any abuse to your administrator.

Not interested? Don't worry, you won't receive anything until you register.

Get started! Obviously, this is only of interest if you know XMPP contacts (and vice versa). But it's also an opportunity to try out and promote instant messaging.

Test it out and report any bugs or useful comments to me, so that I can improve the service.

I hope you enjoy this new service, which is fairly exclusive but open to everyone!

🔄 Please boost to spread the good word in the Universe.

#gayfr#XMPP#GayXMPP#BridgeXMPP#XMPPBridge

🇫🇷 Lancement du Bridge XMPP / Fédiverse !

Vous l'attendiez, le voici : vous pourrez désormais converser directement entre le Fédiverse et la messagerie instantanée XMPP ! Et ce depuis votre compte et votre application habituelle, sans rien changer.

Comment ça marche ? Très simple, deux comptes robots jumeaux vont se charger de passer vos messages dans l'autre monde.

Et donc depuis Mastodon : votre contact est @xmpp_bridge que vous pourrez suivre pour vous inscrire, puis envoyer et recevoir des messages depuis XMPP.

À chaque fois que vous envoyez un message, vous faites comme pour tout message privé : mention du compte robot depuis Mastodon ou envoi de message privé depuis une application comme Pixelfed ou Friendica, par exemple.

Adressez votre ou vos destinataires XMPP avec le préfixe xmpp: suivi de leur adresse (sans espace). Vous pourrez répondre directement à tout message reçu.

Vous pourrez également gérer vos listes de blocage, afin d'éviter tout spam, et vous pourrez rapporter tout abus à votre administrateur.

Ça ne vous intéresse pas ? Pas de panique, tant que vous n'êtes pas inscrit, vous ne recevrez rien.

Commencez ! Évidemment, ça n'a d'intérêt que si vous connaissez des interlocuteurs XMPP (et vice-versa). Mais c'est aussi l'occasion d'essayer et de promouvoir la messagerie instantanée.

Testez et rapportez-moi tout bug ou toute remarque utile, pour améliorer le service.

En espérant que vous appréciez ce nouveau service assez exclusif mais ouvert à tous !

🔄 Boostez svp pour répandre la bonne parole dans l'Univers.

#gayfr#XMPP#GayXMPP#BridgeXMPP#XMPPBridge

La sala #xmpp Ornitología ( ornitología@salas.suchat.org ) va de pájaros.
Allí puedes hablar sobre tipos de pájaros, mostrar fotos, etc.

La sala #xmpp Juegos ( juegos@conference.conversations.im ) va de juegos.
Allí puedes compartir sobre juegos.

La sala #xmpp TKZ ( tkz@conference.chat.tkz.one ) va de comunidad.
Allí puedes hablar de tkz sobre los temas que interesan a esa comunidad.

La sala #xmpp La República del Fediverso ( fediverso@conference.conversations.im ) va del fediverso.

#jabber

The #Conversations_im release that was rejected yesterday is now live on the Google Play beta channel.

A late addition to the 2.19.0-beta release is message moderation for public channels, giving moderators the ability to delete spam messages.

#XMPP#Jabber

Gajim 2.3.3 has been released!

This release comes with many fixes for Windows and it brings some styling improvements, better performance and bugfixes.

Thank you for all your contributions ❤️ Let us know what you think!

Support Gajim's development: https://liberapay.com/Gajim

#gajim #xmpp #chat

https://gajim.org/posts/2025-07-13-gajim-2.3.3-released/

After the Code of Conduct and the Mediation process, the Cooperative Development Guidelines now have a Governance Document that can be used by any Organization/Foundation/Collective/Community/Project that wants to have a governance based on participatory, equity and permacomputing/accessibility principles.

Its time for us to finally start building participatory digital commons, that are developed by the community and for the community and the Governance document is part 1 of doing just that. (Decision making and Structure will follow after this).

I am also excited to announce that @queerspark has also been listed as a collective that adopted pieces of the Cooperative Development Guidelines.

https://codeberg.org/msavoritias/Cooperative_Development_Guidelines/src/branch/main/Foundation/Governance

#xmpp #jabber #permacomputing #diversity #governance#DigitalCommons

The new @joinjabber governance is also based on the Cooperative Development Guidelines governance template.

#xmpp #jabber #governance

#Conversations_im esta gratuito unas veces por año como promoción. Desde navidad y año nuevo y el primero de mayo, creo.

#Quicksy siempre esta gratuito, #Snikket también.

Igual esta mejor usar #FDroid por @fdroidorg 🙂

#Jabber#XMPP