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		plainoldcheese on Feb 27, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Why will Matrix succeed where XMPP failed? i think it needs to try be what xmpp/irc isn't and rather push to compete with discord. add some more rich media features like screen sharing etc. and make it simple to use for non-techies. make the gamers adopt it and the rest of the masses will follow, otherwise it will stay in the realm of corporate team chat and weird federated communities.

zaik on Feb 28, 2021 [–]

I would think features like screen sharing are better off using a message passing protocol like XMPP instead of a state synchronization protocol like Matrix.

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