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Criteria for inclusion of a chatrooms/channel or community
- Chatrooms/Channels
- Communities
  - Queer Spark
  - THRIVE Community Group

What is XMPP/Jabber?
Why should I care about federation in my instant messaging app?
Why is there such a confusing variety of services and applications?
Does JoinJabber offer XMPP accounts? Where can I sign up for one?
Is my data sold to advertisers? Am I the product?
Is it called XMPP or Jabber? Is there a difference?
Does XMPP/Jabber support encryption? Are my conversations secure?
Can I register an account with my phone number, so my contacts can find me easily?
Can I make audio/video calls or conferences with XMPP/Jabber?
If XMPP/Jabber is so great, why is it not more popular?

- How sustainable is XMPP/Jabber?
- Jabber/XMPP doesn't have a certain feature, why is it moving so slow?