We were thinking about it some time ago, and now that a user came up with a proposal as well we thought why not. The idea is to add possibility to use username@disr.it along side your username@disroot.org JID for XMPP (just like email). We could implement it in two ways:

  1. as alias - Using same roster but possibility to connect/be contacted with two additional addresses
  2. as new account - Seperate account meaning clean roster, avatar etc. just using same credentials to login

Which one would you prefer?

(for reference original user’s suggestion - https://git.disroot.org/Disroot/Disroot-Project/issues/1212 )

  • kapadEnglish
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    2 months ago

    i think you have to no rush. is a good thought, but i really dont know if there is a real need to this on xmpp…

    • for example for mail, there is obviously a real case use, both by the server receive email, and by the user. In xmpp by a fast thinking, found no use. Also in xmpp more things happen automatically by the clients, a right click on a name, an enter or an esc on some dialog, are fast interactions also happen only once. after that each user is known by its nick… So no obvious usage…
    • also, taste matter most, but getgoogleoff is some how ugly for an xmpp account, while make a sense of other account cases
    • same like address space, domain, accounts name, especially clean ones, are something valuable in web, and i think we’re going to realise this more and more, as time pass
    • who knows, if for example complete the new registration maybe need cute addresses to tied things between disroot, git.disroot, scribe.disroot, ( i mean what id user@scribe is not available for user@disroot user … ), or what…
    • i would propose to keep that aliases, ( dont waste any kind of space ), for maybe a future use.