monal-im.org :xmpp: on Nostr: --> existing clients (which very much have their rough edges, as you experienced ...

--> existing clients (which very much have their rough edges, as you experienced yourself) can't get better or even if they get better, they do so much more slowly.

And that in turn gives people the impression that either 1. xmpp doesn't work properly/is dead (and that moves people away from it rather than attracting people to it / helping out) or 2. they just need to write their own client (which splits efforts among many small projects rather than joining forces).

Its a vicious circle