9mo ago

PSA Use your display name to help move others to privacy respecting replacements.

For example, on WhatsApp, use the whole 25 character limit for profile name. Examples:

    
Bob Moved To Signal.org

Alice MovedTo Signal.org

CharlieMovedTo Signal.org

Say Signal.org, not Signal, because they won't know it's an app.

Use your about section too. Same on Discord, Steam, Instagram, etc.

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Kinda cringe ngl. Makes it sound you joined a crypto scheme.
- Imagine not trying to fight network effects because it’s “kinda cringe”. Of all the reasons not to do it, this screams “I’m insecure” the loudest.
  
  I imagined it and felt more secure in not proselytizing.
  "Attention all, I went somewhere else!" OK love that for you.
- It's working. I'll do it more.
- I am sorry you feel that people doing the good fight is "cringe"
  
  people won't follow you to the new platform if you seem dumb
Neat idea, or, you could just tell them directly and be like "hey I'm not gonna respond here due to [reasons], come find me on signal if ya wanna chat"
People are usually more engaged when you communicate to them directly
- Both. You got time to respond to everyone, go ahead but an auto reply bot works better.
PSA the mission never ends, padre! Last I heard Joseph of Arimathea had 26 conversions in AD 46.
I thought people had been moving OFF signal lately?
Personally, I’m on signal, but never signed up for a Meta property because, well, it was obvious from the start that they had bad privacy controls that depended only on corporate promises.
- Why are people moving off signal?
  
  No one is moving off Signal, don't listen to him
  
  Some use open source alternatives since signal still has the off switch to your communication. I personally use matrix for over a year and its pretty good. But its not polished so you need patience and a good admin.
  
  I think because simpleX is more open source, self-hosted, and maybe slightly more anonymous. Not sure how the usability trades off for that if at all because I haven't used it (I mainly use signal and discord)
  It also doesn't seem to be a mass migration by any means, just that simpleX is a bit better if you are super hardcore about your privacy.
  
  Most are staying, but there's a growing shift to simplex among privacy/anon focused people
  Signal uses closed source and centralized servers to deliver all your messages. Some people don't like their communications being dependant on a corporations computer, and would rather maximize data sovereignty when possible.
  phone number requrement is unacceptable to some people
  If SimpleX makes bad choices it can be forked and self hosted, whereas we would be locked in with signal and at the compamys whims
- It's just an example. Put any libre software.
  If you don't have bad stuff, this advice isn't for you but you can share it with others.
- Nah, its been becoming more popular, at least in my circles.
Sounds cringe, how about no.
- Where's your solution?
Bob moved to -messenger-app-that-fails-to-deli ver-notifications
Bob moved to -messenger-app-that-never-syncs-properly
Bob moved to -messenger-app-nobody-uses
Bob has problems.
- Bob had friends.
  Bob has no friends.
  
  i feel this so hard

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