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[–] 59 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Signal is centralised and most certainly NOT part of the fediverse

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    Yeah, this is more about getting away from the centralised / commercial / corporate / commodified / compromised / etc -verse.

    What do we call that side of social media anyway?

    It would be nice to have a term to sum it all up. Because for a lot of people it's just the water they're in - they don't think about it, because it's default/mainstream. They don't even consider that they have a choice.

    Kind of like, but not really, how the term cis makes people confront that they have a label, even if they don't think about it.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    What is suggested alternative?

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    probably matrix. it's decentralised, but not with the same protocol as the other things in the list. which makes sense, instant messaging is not social media.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    My friends and family use Briar. It is without a question the most secure, most private option.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    briar is great, but i don't think any of these services are really recommended for their privacy. rather, it's ease of switching. doesn't briar require in-person verification?

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  • [–] 24 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Pixelfed and Loops aren’t ready for migration. Account creation is still disabled and requires several messages to work around the beta splash page.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

    Pixelfed worked for me creating a new account.

    Loops hasn't worked

    But ymmv

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Loops worked for me but I had to register. Only took like 10 minutes to get the email about 2 months ago.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    as far as I'm aware there's still no android app

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    There is. Its not just a web wrapper either as far as I can tell.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    They give you the APK file when you're invited. That's what I'm using

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    I'm on loops and it kinda works for me. Android client just crashes every now and then

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Signal is not federated. Matrix or xmpp is the federated chat

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Loops, huh? I'll check that out.

    Oh wait.

    "We're not accepting new users at this time."

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    It seems like they open up registrations in waves while it's still in development. Signups were open just a couple weeks ago, so I imagine they'll probably turn them back on again soon.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago

    I love when I try to switch apps like this and instead of content I get explanations of some Fediverse bs on 10 screens and have to pick instances I know nothing about, wondering if I will have a bad experience with what I picked, so I just abandon ship

    And when I manage to finish the process I get either something that's not working or a majorly inferior experience. Lemmy is the only thing I managed to stick with. Before good clients became available for it, it also wasn't looking good

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    Loops.Video is 'not accepting new users at this time'

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    Can you talk to your Facebook friends on Signal?

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