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I'm sorry but I don't really understand the utility of that service ? Is there any link to other protocols ? What are the benefits of using this server instead of something like gtalk or some other widespread service ? Why should I jump to this service and make my friend so the switch as well ?

Thanks :)

edit: I know perfectly what is DDG and I really love this search engine, but still.. don't get me wrong, I'm just asking for answers there, not being rude

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You dont need to convince them to switch! You can still talk to your gtalk friends, its all XMPP/Jabber! This is not a service just for inside duckduckgo. Inform yourself a bit more about XMPPP/Jabber :-).

>Inform yourself a bit more about XMPPP/Jabber :-).

I think that perhaps, like me, they were hoping that you would be interested in sharing a couple of use cases for XMPP with us ...?

I'm confused about this, too. Is this mostly to replace discussion about DDG on IRC? Why is this exciting? (As with the parent comment, I'm not trying to tear anyone down. People are clearly excited about this, and I'm wondering what coolness I'm missing out on.)

I have an account on my own XMPP server. I just added "im@ddg.gg" and I can now do DDG searches through my chat client. Not sure how useful that is, but nice nontheless. And all without having to sign up for an account directly with their XMPP service, because of federation.

Ah, thanks for the explanation.

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