Because there are issues with xmpp as a whole: lack of good mobile clients, lack of carbons, etc. It would seem that we're more and more moving towards a mobile devices world relying on xmpp is no longer desired by our users.

1. Click this invitation link , which will lead you to the landing channel, #unwashed-masses.
2. In Discord, type !auth and click the | link
3. Follow the instructions in your browser
4. Copy and paste the whole string, i.e. !auth 8936267gsuyifd97s89 and paste it in #unwashed-masses.
5. Done.

As of today there are two official alliance run bots, madmin and relay:

• relay provides relay services between jabber and discord
• madmin provides the integration with Auth and offers management capabilities

Bots not run by the alliance are welcome in the more social/public channels but are barred from being in the sensitive channels. Access for chat bots can be revoked at any time for any reason.

madmin commands should be used in #botcommands

There are a couple of language specific channels:

• chinese
• french
• german
• japanese
• spanish

Each of those has a role attached to it that will allow you to participate in that channel, example:

• !join french
• !part french