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Sup is a New Messaging App by the Creator of Pixelfed (wedistribute.org)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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A new messaging app is in development, and the project is described as "an open source WhatsApp for the Fediverse."

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[–] [email protected] 68 points 1 year ago (32 children)

something something 15 competing standards

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (31 children)

unfortunately matrix sucks revolt isn’t federated and irc is outdated so

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (14 children)

IRC is only "outdated" if you make it so by using outdated networks like libera.chat that refuse to implement the newer standards that have been available for years.

Oh and XMPP is a thing and works great.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Feels like Jabber has been around for a long time. If I'm not mistaken I remember my buddy pimping it as an AIM alternative back in the Napster/mp3 days.

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