Time for an ICQ for the Fediverse?
Looks like ICQ is finally shutting down, just as interest in retro internet tools is growing.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/25/24164579/icq-shut-down-june
what do you have in mind? Jabber/XMPP is very similar.
It runs on any old raspberry pi (any but raspberry pi 1 I believe) in your house, can be used by family and friends as well. Has iOS and Android apps… I have had good experiences with the easy to set up https://snikket.org/ XMPP server.
“Hey bro! Here’s some 20 year old program! We should totally reinvent it today! It’s not like anyone has been working on this exact thing for the last 20 years!”. Wtf is with the younger generations obsession with “retro tech”?!? “Look bro, I can do the same thing we can do now, but slower and worse!”
Also Matrix. If you’re gonna suggest something, maybe make sure it doesn’t already exist.
"Look bro, I can do the same thing we can do now, but slower and worse!”
Best description of Matrix (in relation to XMPP) I read in a while 😎
All these people “rediscovering” old tech like we didn’t abandon it for a reason. No, I don’t want to build a PC out of old Commodore 64s that barely works and needs to be coded in assembly when I can literally get a mini PC that’s 100x more powerful for $120.
XMPP doesn’t have link previews or posting, photo albums, even the idea of a picture with caption text us foreign. No comment reaction, retraction or replies. Inline video or video stream, lol no, even gifs don’t work. Talking or video chat ? Not even in your dreams. No wonder the youths hang out on discord
I don’t give a shit about any of those things. I’m fine with chat that just doea chat.
I think the few remaining devs agree with you. We think this suck & look forward to whatever comes next. Xmpp is stuck in the past.
ICQ for the Fediverse
You mean, like XMPP?
XMPP and Matrix are already there.
Image sourceYeah, let’s recreate every dead service within the Fediverse! With open source and 2 dozen active users!
NNTP version 2.0
