this post was submitted on 08 Dec 2023
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Any recommendations that already have good size populations and work across multiple devices?

Getting people off Skype was a big ordeal. Let alone Discord.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I'm still mourning the loss of ICQ

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

But it looks like the app still exists? What happened?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

App exists but barely anyone uses it

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Skype was my childhood lmao

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

I use Matrix, which is filled with a bunch of Linuxheads and FOSSQueers, so it may not be to your liking. Other alternatives are Jami and Simplex.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

An ejabberd instance can handle 2 million concurrent users. The free software XMPP server is used by the likes of League of Legends, Fortnite, Zoom. If it’s a good enough for them, it would easily handle your community, big or small.