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Don't spread FUD about XMPP, please π. It works wonder, it's in fact everything I've ever wanted for personal/family chats and large IRC chatrooms alike. It also happens to be one of the easiest things I ever had to self-host thanks to how wonderful and batteries included ejabberd is. I have developed several clients and bots/integrations in several languages thanks to how versatile it is.
Fun fact, it has a PubSub component which is (IMO) technically superior to the fediverse more lightweight and more flexible.
If one thing, the great XMPP rediscovery is overdue if you ask me π
I ask, please expand or provide some entry points for the XMPP for a complete newbie on the subject if you'd be so kind, please and thank you
No problem, what do you want to know? If you are here, it means that you already understand how federation works, i.e. you need to find a service provider/server on which to create your account, there are several sites to help you with that:
https://joinjabber.org/
https://providers.xmpp.net/#providers
then you'll end-up with a username like nick@server.tld and the password of your chosing, just like email, just like mastodon/lemmy. You will then log into using a client of your choice, and here as well you have plenty of choice: https://xmpp.org/getting-started/
If you are more of a power-user, I recommend Gajim, if you are on Android, Conversations/Cheogram are safe choices, if you are on i/macOS, siskin/beagleIM are decent, etc
thanks, I'll def check it out, sounds different
Really it isn't in practice π. And if you want to have a taste of it, are using Android, and want to skip the decision making steps for an onboarding experience like WhatsApp (where a central service discovers your contacts using your phone number), you could just install https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=im.quicksy.client
There are all kinds of options out there π