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@roughnecks The core hasn't had updates for a while, and the last release was in 2017, but it still works, and the plugins are doing well. The Mastodon plugin was last updated two months ago.

Weekend. Coffee and IRC.The 1988 protocol. No algorithm, no ads, no profiling. Just communication.In 2026, we take it for granted that communicating means going through platforms that monetize every interaction. It's not the only option. IRC, Matrix, and XMPP exist, work, and belong to no company.The difference isn't technical. It's a matter of awareness.nicfab on irc.libera.chat — channel #nicfab 📡🔗 https://www.nicfab.eu/en/pages/about/#private-messaging#privacy #irc #messaging #awareness

The #ProxLB for #Proxmox Discord chat just moved to a new location!As several people on Discord’s free plan are limited to join servers, I merged them all into a single one with different rooms. The new one is also for all ProxTools like #ProxLB, #ProxSnap, #ProxCLMC, #ProxWall and other projects!You can simply join at: https://discord.gg/p9UxdMnxPS: The #IRC and #Matrix bridge will be recreated asap!

So far as far as Discord alternatives go, we can list them here: IRC(The oldest and still continually used protocol for chatting, but prolly hardest for n00bs to onboard with) XMPP/Jabber(Second oldest, easier onboarding depending on server) Matrix(Is fine till you learn about self-hosting your own, cuz that's a real rabbit-hole to fall down in. Also encryption, fun!) Fluxer(Relatively new, basically straight up copies Old Discord) Signal(More of a one-to-one private messenger imho, but yeah) Session(Can be one to many, still untested for me) SimpleX(Don't know much about this one) Cwitch(Or this one…) DeltaChat(Have used this one before, pretty cool tbh) Briar(More of an emergency thing) Stoat(Formerly Revolt, interesting one) Teamspeak(Another older one!) Jami(I don't know much about this one tbh) I'm sure I missed others lol. #discord #irc #xmpp #jabber #fluxer #signal #session #simplex #cwitch #deltachat #briar #stoat #teamspeak #jami

Of all chat systems still in existence, only #Zephyr, #IRC, and #SMS are older than #Jabber/#XMPP:https://mov.im/blog/debacle/76bf90a4-5f59-4962-92db-6cd859f42ec9Not sure, if "write" and "wall" do count 🙂

@fireflyzero we're still relatively happy with (the paid version of) Mattermost. Although it remains to be seen how open-source they'll stay.https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost/issues/8886#issuecomment-3837091846

@stux I'd say host a Matrix server for your community instead. Disable federation if you're concerned with server resources. Disable encryption by default if you're concerned with non-savvy users that will regularly lose their history. Savvy users will enable it anyway.

@uint8_t @funambolo @anttipeltola Yeah, it’s not like WhatsApp is built on a foundation of open standards and free software or anything like that. *side-eyes at ejabberd*