Can't we just go back to AIM or ICQ or whatever when software wasn't gamified to hell yet

@volpeon it exists. Just no one uses it.

https://xmpp.org

@volpeon XMPP still exists. :3

@volpeon

XMPP!

i really miss the days where i could just run adium and have multiple chats in XMPP and IRC all in the same app.

@volpeon I used AIM right up to the day they killed it. It was a good instant messenger.

@volpeon@icy.wyvern.rip Oh, maybe you should use XMPP as I do ​​

@volpeon Surprisingly, yes... https://github.com/mk6i/open-oscar-server

@volpeon That'd be nice.

I really miss using Pidgin and being able to just ctrl-tab between unread text messages and reply in order they were received, and being able to keep things in their separate windows arranged in a way that made sense to me.

@volpeon I know how this goes. I'm still on IRC, and I'd love to see more people on there, but a lot of people just refuse to leave Discord.

I still hold out some hope though. I know you and I are on the same server at least once.

@volpeon Nice then you'll probably also be interested in https://escargot.chat/

@volpeon Oh and some point we're actually going to finish making this easy to install and release it.. https://github.com/pidgin/retro-prpl/blob/main/README.md

@volpeon

Yes, Please. Dump AI slop. Dump Surveillance Backdoors. Dump Billionaires controlling every F-ing thing!!!

@volpeon I’m on XMPP! In my profile

@volpeon phpBB !!!

@volpeon IRC please