> i don't think anyone wants bridges...its merely an artifact of others not cooperating
Matrix itself does not cooperate with others. They could have avoided XMPP bridging by building on top of XMPP instead of creating their own protocol.
Matrix itself does not cooperate with others. They could have avoided XMPP bridging by building on top of XMPP instead of creating their own protocol.
> If the same amount of effort went into improving XMPP as goes into complaining about Matrix, then XMPP would be in a much better state.
It goes both ways. I don't know about XMPP, but IRC would be in a better state if people who complain about IRC would spend as much effort checking out newer IRC software (which already exists!) instead of using legacy stuff, then throwing the baby out with the bathwater.