The First Chat Migration

The First Chat Migration is an upcoming event in the rich tapestry that is Pronounmail history.

Why Not Discord

• Discord is probably going to go bankrupt at some point.
• Alternatively: Discord is probably going to try an IPO at some point (sorry for the nyt link).
• Discord is based in America, which is a country currently in the process of becoming even more American. This is possibly going to cause problems down the line.
• The only way to use Discord is through their horrible electron client which I don't like very much.
• They keep trying to sell me Discord Nitro which i don't want.
• They just kind of let researchers scrape and publish two billion messages without really doing anything to stop them. This is also a problem with other platforms but at least you can configure your IRCd to make this quite difficult.

Why IRC

• Funny
• I am in the middle of writing a good client for it

Why Not Matrix

• Get Real

To Do

• Get Tubes in a workable state
• Set up an IRCd
• Configure
• Convince everyone to switch platforms
• Bridge? (optional)

Tech Stack

• Tubes (client (not stable))
• Ergo (server (pretty okay))
• Coleslaw (bridge (very not stable))

Also

The forums are going to fit into this somehow. Details to come

March Update

I got sidetracked again. In theory, the new protocol should be much less nightmare to implement on both sides of the equation. Once I have a bit more time I'm going to see if that's actually true.

April Update

We gave the original plan a real college try and it didn't really work out. The accounts system is confusing and the UI of every client is so so bad. Tubes will win. See you in a month.

May Update

I'm really busy right now but will cease to be in almost exactly 18 hours.