So they don't stick together

Because it's not true, and hasn't been true since 2018 at the latest.

That is being worked on as you write :3

Matrix is just as much as a standard as XMPP, if not more so because extensions actually get merged into the core spec

If you're not bursting you didn't have fish and chips

Fun fact: soulseek is still running, and you can use nicotine plus today. Still one of the best places for music sharing.

Actions is significantly better, there are lots of subtle UI improvements, there are new importers, etc. Not a killer feature, but many small improvements that add up.

Yep, that's the point described in the linked paper - traffic goes via the same domains used for their app, and the messenger is embedded in their app

To go on top of the reverse DNS/mail comments, it can also be useful for running a service like codeburg pages, or some other program that handles its own virtual hosting and TLS, without interfering with your more traditional services.

Definitely! The author is super friendly in IRC too (and Xe, the anubis author, is there as well lol)

I use https://fedoraproject.org/coreos/ for my server/website. My host doesn't offer it as an image so I have to upload it myself, but I use an ISO I made with the CLI to automatically set up everything anyway. It works pretty well, I configured auto updates and I can just forget about it.

Thank you! It's lovely to hear it was helpful to someone 😊