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by oblio 145 days ago
> Jabber was big with the "federated, decentralized" crowd.

Yeah, just like today, all 4 of them.

Gtalk put XMPP briefly in the spotlight, but for the masses, XMPP never really lived. It was a niche protocol with very niche usage. Just like Mastodon today.