Communication Technologies

Communication Technologies

Protocols

• (acronym:: Internet Relay Chat (IRC))
• Matrix
• XMPP: Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP, originally named Jabber)

Platforms

• freenode (hostile takeover 2021¹, many organisations left)
• libera.chat (IRC) | FOSS
• matrix | FOSS | resource-hungry server application
• Discord: closed-source, commercial, privacy-concerns
• reddit: commercial and controversial (try ^lemmy?) ^reddit
• lemmy: Fediverse alternative to reddit? ^lemmy

Clients

Name	Protocoll(s)	Description
element	IRC and Matrix	quite bloated with dep.s
Conversations	Jabber/XMPP	Android app

Software

TABLE WITHOUT ID
file.link AS "Name",
("[Website](" + this.url + ")") AS "Links"
WHERE type = "software" AND category = "communication"

References

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1. https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7ev8y/freenode-open-source-korea-crown-prince-takeover (2024/03/04) ↩