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Empathy vs Identi.ca

A side-by-side look at Empathy and Identi.ca. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Empathy

Empathy

Social & Communications

Empathy is an open source instant messaging client that supports text, voice and video chat. It uses the Telepathy framework and integrates with the GNOME desktop environment. Empathy supports popular protocols like XMPP, IRC, Facebook Messenger, and more.

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Identi.ca

Identi.ca

Social & Communications

Identi.ca is an open source microblogging and social networking platform similar to Twitter. It allows users to post short messages up to 200 characters to their network of followers.

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