XMPP Service Operators - 2021-01-08

Hi there ! So... Ready to catch all Whatsapp ex-users ? ;)

neox, they're overwhelming us!

did anybody prepare a blog post? commteam?

Ge0rG: yep

Chapril prepares a post on mastodon via @aprilorg

> Hi there ! So... Ready to catch all Whatsapp ex-users ? 😉 What happened?

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/01/whatsapp-users-must-share-their-data-with-facebook-or-stop-using-the-app/

neox: can Comm team ~steal~inspire from that?

Licaon_Kter: possibly ;)

Thanks. I read that in passing, but was hardly surprised. It's a good opportunity to onboard more people though

Licaon_Kter: But you'll need to understand french :x

> Thanks. I read that in passing, but was hardly surprised. It's a good opportunity to onboard more people though Quite. It was inevitable, really. I heard via my partner, whose uncle messaged her to say he was abandoning WhatsApp.

neox: _Croissant whatsapp croissant Paris oui pate'forme_

jayteeuk: quicksy quickly

Licaon_Kter: je dirais que cette parodie est presque vexante 🙄

> Life is pain... > au chocolat

frog, 🤯️

(on dit chocolatine...)

neox: not where I'm from 😛

MattJ: you putting out a blog post for whatsapp refugees to use snikket? Steven Roose: you gonna do the same but with quicksy? There appears to be a number of non-tech communities considering leaving whatsapp. Some are considering telegram but if we can offer a solid XMPP-based alternative then :-)

junaid: but iOS...omg...

Yeah, WhatsApp are a couple of months too early with this move :)

Licaon_Kter: unfriend iOS peeps? ;-)

junaid: wait what do I have to do with Quicksy? Also, I agree iOS is a problem

Steven Roose: sorry. From other XMPP chatter, i may have thought that you were involved there. My bad

I dnt see daniel here though

> There appears to be a number of non-tech communities considering leaving whatsapp. Interesting that they all just trusted that company that got fined billions and that's involved in a bunch of legal trouble to just...you know..not do its thing...in the last...6 effing years...big woop surprise

It's not like communities can always just up&leave their platform. The ones I know are trying, but they won't succeed if they can't offer the community (not small group) a suitable alternative.

Licaon_Kter, https://pouet.april.org/@aprilorg/105520799332659637

neox, the good thing is that we can monitor the increase of user numbers on the-federation.info/ejabberd :)

ij, yep x)

Is it enabled by default in Ejabberd?

No, you need an external script to provide the necessary stats

> Is it enabled by default in Ejabberd? https://github.com/ingoj/ejabberd-nodeinfo2 is one possible script

> neox, the good thing is that we can monitor the increase of user numbers on the-federation.info/ejabberd :) Why not https://the-federation.info/protocol/xmpp ?

Because chapril.org is running on ejabberd

Ah, you mean only on that server. I thought the hordes fleeing from whatsapp into xmpp. 😃

well, yes, that one you can monitor on your link, of course :)