**errors=panic** @minx@cybre.space · 2018-12-20T18:22:28Z

errors=panic @minx@cybre.space

For a short and glorious time 90% of my online friends and aquaintances were available on XMPP.

I miss that time.

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**Ivan Sagalaev** @isagalaev@mastodon.social · Dec 20, 2018, 18:24

**Ivan Sagalaev** @isagalaev@mastodon.social · Dec 20, 2018, 18:24

Ivan Sagalaev @isagalaev@mastodon.social

@minx yes, this! When Google and Facebook federated with it.

**vanyok 🤠** @vanyok@mastodon.social · Dec 20, 2018, 18:31

**vanyok 🤠** @vanyok@mastodon.social · Dec 20, 2018, 18:31

vanyok 🤠 @vanyok@mastodon.social

@isagalaev @minx as well as LiveJournal, VKontakte (VK), Yandex (ya.ru)... In runet at least...

**Ivan Sagalaev** @isagalaev@mastodon.social · Dec 20, 2018, 18:33

**Ivan Sagalaev** @isagalaev@mastodon.social · Dec 20, 2018, 18:33

Ivan Sagalaev @isagalaev@mastodon.social

@vanyok @minx yes… But then companies realized that chat is the best way to keep users on their properties and walled it off.