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Pidgin, maybe. I like it.

Edit: Oops, I might have misread/misunderstood what you were asking. If you’re asking about server software, I’d suggest XMPP :)

Though I know Matrix is very popular (as shown by people others suggesting it)

Yes. And again, patches aren’t a finite commodity.

Dibs on the patches? They are not finite.

Okay, I’ll bite. What?

If they actually wanted to manipulate markets, they would use mainstream media.

Same. It’s enough for me (I don’t really have that much data) and just use rclone to back it up.