ok fedi.

[evening@alico.nexus]

ok fedi. real talk. what's the right decentralized messaging protocol to back?

cause for a while I've been thinking about contributing to a decentralized messaging project. it seems like that's where we most need open source developers right now. but I genuinely don't know where to go.

is it Matrix? do we just need to keep fixing Matrix until it works? I keep hearing people talk about it like it's a lost cause. is there an alternative that has an actual chance of succeeding in the mid to long term?

what's the strategy here?

[polyproto@fed.amazonawaws.com]

@evening @mei Hello ​​
No, but, genuinely: Matrix is not it. We are trying to learn from all the mistakes of XMPP, Matrix and others and make a protocol which is decentralized, long-term sustainable and most importantly accessible to the masses and everyone else by prioritizing UX over all else! Do take a look, if you are interested. polyproto-core is already implementable, even if only 85% finished. ​​ ​​

[alwayscurious@infosec.exchange]

@evening Is this for private messaging or for public communities? Those are two completely separate use-cases.

Private messaging needs to be like Signal: absolute minimum metadata leakage, everything end-to-end encrypted, etc. Public communities need to not have that.

I would be shocked if the same protocol is best for both.