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Session is shutting down in 90 days (getsession.org)
submitted 3 months ago by to c/privacy@programming.dev
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I never cared that much about it, but it is a shame that another alternative is going down.

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[–] 22 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I added the Session repo to F-Droid, installed the official app, created an account and joined a community.

I didn't get asked once to donate.

The app is or should be the primary communications interface between Session and it's users. Have they made appeals through the app before? Is it technically possible for them to do so?

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    • [–] 19 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    I thought Session was decentralized and couldn't be centrally shut down 🤔

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    • [–] 11 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    for those of you who want an alternative check out Delta Chat :D

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    one of the main delta chat devs had a crashout on mastodon over people rightfully calling him out for using an AI generated goth girl to advertise delta chat.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Is the fediverse just as toxic as twitter?

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Depends on what you mean by toxic. If you mean there are less bots that are deployed by the owner to boost user numbers for venture capitalists, yes it is less toxic.

    if you mean "will I encounter people with different opinions than me, and we may argue over it indefinitely" then, yeah i guess you could say it is "just as toxic"

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  • [–] -3 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    There is a difference between arguing and brigading. Whether it's done by humans or bots doesn't make much of a difference. If the narrative being spread is one dimensional, that's toxic.

    Dogpiling someone for having an AI avatar is going a little far.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago*

    It wasnt an AI avatar. It was an AI advertisement that used an uncanny AI generated goth girl, and after being asked "why didnt you just make something yourself in gimp?" responded like a toddler shitting his pants saying "well YOU GUYS are all STUPID because ive been using AI since I started WORKING on deltachat so why is this DIFFERENT?"

    Which is why I have since uninstalled deltachat. I am not going to trust my privacy and security to be kept intact when the code is written by AI. Theres no guarantees the AI won't fuck up and make a massive security breach.

    "A human could do it too!" Sure. they could. A human could also make the decision to drive off the road into a ditch. Most dont unless they're suicidal or by accident. AI driving cars do it without thought or reason.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    I mean Idk if he uses AI generated art to advertise his free app. If a volunteer wants to make it instead that would be cool, but we are trying to figure how to avoid mass survelice without being subjected to a divide and conquer strategy of atomization, so shrug the concept art generator is low on my list of concerns there.

    I mean did he throw slurs or something like that during his crash out that would be a serious red flag for a project to me.

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    • [–] 8 points 3 months ago

    :( Seems like they took a bet and didn't grow enough to sustain their expenses

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    [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    How about we just use the irc

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