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   Message 38,053 of 38,514   
   Brian W. Antoine to tom   
   Re: furry XMPP server   
   13 Jun 19 13:30:22   
   
   From: briana@nas-kan.org   
      
   There is also a Discord server, named for Yiffnet, and IRC networks.   
      
   On Wed, 29 May 2019 13:04:21 -0700, tom  wrote:   
      
   >On Sun, 17 Feb 2019 16:12:31 +0000   
   >Ivan Shmakov  wrote:   
   >   
   >> >>>>> tom  writes:   
   >>   
   >>  > Does anybody know of any furry XMPP/Jabber Multi User Chats?   
   >>  > is-a-furry.org went offline about 2 months ago and there s no   
   >>  > contact info.  Their ticket system also appears to be broken.   
   >>  > What's strange is that their XMPP service is still online, but the   
   >>  > muc service is gone.   
   >>   
   >> 	I've seen something along these lines to happen with jabber.ru   
   >> 	somewhat recently.  They have, however, since restored their   
   >> 	conference service.   
   >>   
   >>  > Anyways, I've been uprooted and I'm looking for any other furry   
   >>  > jabber chats.  search.xmpp.org doesn't have any other furry chats   
   >>  > public listed either.   
   >>   
   >> 	There seem to at least be furry at conference.jabber.org and   
   >> 	furry at conference.jabber.ru, though the latter is for some   
   >> 	reason hidden.  (And is reportedly predominantly   
   >> Russian-speaking.)   
   >>   
   >> 	That said, I don't feel that XMPP allows for the amount of   
   >> 	anonymity comparable to netnews (especially when posting via   
   >> 	Mixmaster.)  That's great for job-related activities, or even   
   >> 	for weeding out abuse off volunteer-driven technical support   
   >> 	conferences, but for pretty much anything else, I'd rather   
   >> 	prefer a Tor-accessible IRC service instead.  (Although I   
   >> guess IRC will need a tweak or two for this to work really well.)   
   >>   
   >   
   >Couldn't find the one on jabber.org, and the jabber.ru one is russian,   
   >which I don't understand.   
   >   
   >About privacy, XMPP is just as private as IRC if not more if you want   
   >it to be. You can connect to tor/I2P nodes, or ever do server to server   
   >coms over tor/i2p. All groupchats are anonymous by default (hide jids   
   >use nicks).   
   >   
   >Although I'm not terribably interested in being anonymous on XMPP. I'm   
   >looking to use it to socialize.   
      
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