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		dgellow 74 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: WhatsApp introduces ads in its app The time when XMPP was supported by google (and Facebook IIRC?). Running jabber for small groups was pretty simple, and you had Adium and pidgin, both were simple to use and just neat software

MiddleEndian 74 days ago [–]

Adium was by far the best messaging experience I've ever had. It was good looking, fast, customizable, and super well-intgrated into OS X.

dgellow 73 days ago | [–]

Interesting, you’re right, I forgot how customizable Adium was! That’s something that has been completely lost in modern chat software :(

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