Happy #GlobalSwitchDay
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you can't join Signal there. I don't know whether it's due to sanctions or if the government is blocking 2FA SMS messages. In either case, it is impossible to join without a phone number confirmation.
What do you mean? You need a phone number to join Signal in any country.
And that's the problem. The whole privacy thing goes out the window because it relies on an insecure and state-controlled method for authentication. What's the use of it if it can be killed off in any country at a whim of its, or USA's government?
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PeerTube appears to be completely devoid of content
Take a look at the 2 pinned posts in this community: https://lemmy.wtf/c/peertube
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When people say the fediverse is too confusing I think most of the time in the specific it is good and vital feedback (please let us continue to dismantle the ways in which we participate in systems of anti-accessibility without sometimes even being aware) but sometimes I think the viewpoint might have everything backwards in the beginning assumption that this hurdle, fundamentally an issue of education, has any easy, universal, infinitely scalable genuine solution like corporate social networks attempt to convince us exists and is just around the corner.
Why are we assuming any solution that can be "growth hacked" like a factorio factory is capable of preserving the values that motivated communities to adopt those tools in the first place?
Like, maybe maybe-not....
You have really good insights about this, and it's a great question. I wish it weren't buried 5 levels deep in this thread, where few people may see it. Maybe you could write it up as a top level post on the Fediverse community?
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I need to use email to work
What you need is not always what the world need.
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In this specific case, like my kids soccer or swimming team, I would need to convince 15 childrens parents, so 30 people (or more) to switch.
On top of that, the soccer club has more teams, and since soccer practice is scheduled by the club, the club itself would need to switch their ways of working, and that’s where it gets tough.
Facebook, for better or for worse, offers a free platform with a built in blog, instant messenger, calendar, reminders, and an easy way to send messages to all relevant people.
Signal only solves one or two of those problems, meaning they would have to find alternatives for the rest, and I for one don’t miss the time when everybody used some variant of a shared calendar (ie Google calendar) to schedule, and you’d be subscribe to 10+ calendars with notifications going off left and right.
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BlueSky is the transfer from X. Mastodon isn't it bro
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You can't text abroad for free. I guess texting is fine if you only communicate within the country.
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Any chance you're American?
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Any chance you're American?
Yes but I also don't much GAF about my phone. I only use it for calls and texting and as a camera. Can't enjoy games or videos on such a small device.
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Yes but I also don't much GAF about my phone. I only use it for calls and texting and as a camera. Can't enjoy games or videos on such a small device.
Well, not what I was pointing at. It's pretty much an American thing to just use the preinstalled messaging app and pretend there are no others, that's why the whole blue bubble / green bubble drama is pretty much exclusive to the US.
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Yeah, that's why I asked if they're from the global south. Because most of the world do have to pay for SMS.
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BlueSky is the transfer from X. Mastodon isn't it bro
Why do you think so?
So far I'm getting much more interaction on Mastodon than Bluesky
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Does it have categorization like eBay?
sorry, I don't know what that's like, and also haven't used this
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they don't have it on the new app yet, and it's not super intuitive to begin with compared to signal or whatsapp
the new app is quite pre-release like still. there is also still no new app for the web (and desktop), or is there?
