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		oofbey 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A month using XMPP (using Snikket) for every call ... Presence is the key problem. It scales badly - in terms of compute, bandwidth, and battery. And it's not actually useful. Lose lose. Solution: don't use XMPP.

opan 6 months ago | [–]

Matrix had similar problems and most servers just disable presence. Can XMPP not do this?

SoftTalker 6 months ago | [–]

Who GAF about presence. If the person answers, they're there.

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