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I wish the protocol used by Hotline Client took off, it was basically Discord in the 90s with its support for announcement/news posts and file sharing
Also KDX. I was too young to use that, but tried and it's cool. Sadly even FOSS clients are all dead and don't build anymore. (I think I had limited success with patching one called Fidelio to build, but that was a few years ago and I can't find any traces of that attempt.)