Giving Up on Element & Matrix.org

The Matrix.org network has great potential, but after years of dealing with glitches, slow performance, poor UX, and one too many failures, I’m done with it.

マリウス
i want 90s era icq and 2000s era msn back :(
But they both closed source protocols locked down to specific corp
What would you propose, then?
How about jabber/XMPP
I wish xmpp was p2p. I can self-host but it could be way simpler if people didn't have to.
How active are communities on these nowadays?