How to Kill a Decentralised Network (such as the Fediverse) écrit par Ploum, Lionel Dricot, ingénieur, écrivain de science-fiction, développeur de logiciels libres.

With Meta starting to actually implement ActivityPub, I think it would be a good idea to remind everyone of what they are most likely going to do.

  • amki@feddit.deEnglish
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    1 year ago

    No.

    • I want to send messages to people who are not currently online (having a server stay online for you is a desparate hack and not a solution)
    • I want to send media other than text
    • I want my messages to be e2ee
    • I want presence - e.g. know if someone is available, busy, away
    • I want voice/video calls

    and many more…

    None of these were solved by IRC but by the others you mentioned.

    • paf0@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Sure, but all of those things could have been done by extending the existing protocol.

      Also, fwiw, it has had media sends, presence and support for encryption for a very long time. The rest could be added. All of those things could have very well been an IRC client with a couple of extra features and a server upgrade to queue messages.