@matrix Any chance you can prioritize https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-bifrost/issues/64 ? Currently people joining matrix rooms via XMPP apps don't get a good experience as they miss all offline messages. #xmpp #matrix #freesoftware #interoprability
I have created an xmpp public channel to work with people interested in this feature. Join and help out in the crowd funding campaign.
You can join via matrix as well https://matrix.to/#/#bifrost-mam:poddery.com #matrix #xmpp #FreeSoftware #bifrost-mam
@praveen
Hey, I'm thinking of
https://sfconservancy.org/
@conservancy
Very different approach: https://opencollective.com/
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@praveen Of course outreachy is very close to software conservancy..
@wendy @conservancy thanks we thought of SFC and planning to write to them. Do you know if open collective support payments to Nigeria?
@wendy @conservancy @sonnie is contacting SFC to check the possibility of them handling the funds.
@wendy @sonnie let's ask Snikket folks too. @snikket_im would you be able to host a crowd funding campaign for adding offline message support to matrix bifrost bridge? This will make accessing #matrix from #xmpp apps like snikket reliable and makes choosing xmpp more attractive option for people who currently use matrix or has many communities on matrix.
@wendy @sonnie
We got a reply from @conservancy they usually support only projects affiliated with them.
@praveen @sonnie @conservancy hi, that's a great pity! Can they give advice on payments outside of the US / PayPal / stripe realm? They have that knowledge, or perhaps know people who do.
@wendy
We know Western Union works, but it won't scale for crowd funding. We are planning to use a personal account of someone we know in Europe. I think currently the projects/developers drive fund raising and priority what we are trying to do is not traditional approach, we are trying to raise funds for a feature that the project/developers (matrix.org) don't consider a priority, but it is important for interoperability and a priority for users.
@sonnie @conservancy
@praveen
They work with a system called 'fiscal hosts', that means not one particular financial flow. It would be really interesting to ask!
@wendy @sonnie https://xmpp.org/2021/09/the-xsf-as-a-fiscal-host/ this looks exactly like what we were looking for.
@wendy @sonnie yay! XSF accepted our request to be a fiscal host! We can receive donations via https://opencollective.com/mam-plugin-for-xmppjs now! Thanks everyone for your ideas and suggestions. Now help us raise some funds to get this work done. #xmpp #matrix #interoperability #bifrost-bridge
OK we found people to work on this, they were part of #Outreachy project and worked with me on adding yarn plugin for apt in #debian. But no crowd funding platforms support payments to Nigeria. Would you know any #FreeSoftware organizations in Europe of US who can help with setting up a crowd funding campaign and then pay them directly?