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Because people have different use cases and priorities about chat.

Matrix.org and liberachat used to be connected using a bridge, even then the Matrix side didn't implement the requirements of liberal chat fast enough such that the bridge was abondened.

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Matrix attitude towards IRC (and bridge implementation) always felt like a trojan horse. Yes, it brought undeniable quality of life improvements over IRC for those who took the bait, but that didn't have to mean making the native IRC experience more miserable for no good reason. Matrix burnt a bunch of bridges with that attitude.

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