Is there a platform for exchanging long-form text with short-term data deletion features baked-in? Something like Signal or Whatsapp but with a UX optimized for longer-form text discussions (eg, maybe even assuming IRL keyboard, desktop-client-first.)
(Yes, I realize that no such system is perfect, because bad actors can always screenshot or copy-paste; but I want to raise the bar for retention and build in a default assumption that group members don’t keep archives.)
I think the answer is no (it’s a weird use case!) but maybe a clarification from discussion: the prototypical user here is someone highly scheduled, so the highly synchronous nature of chat doesn’t work well. That may be even more important than “optimized for long-form”, though I suspect the latter falls out of the former.
https://twist.com has a lot of the right instincts but AFAICT does not support long corporate retention policies much less short, DM-like ones.
@luis_in_brief not that I’m aware of, but it could definitely be built as an alternative interface on top of either Matrix or Signal, yeah. Only the former if you need to support groups/communities bigger than a few hundred people, although at that scale disappearing messages become less meaningful.
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