🤦♂️ Great. #Fluffychat is acting super slow when loading a new #Matrix room. I wonder if there's a way I could troubleshoot it quickly because I need to get in contact with #Calckey support to discuss bugs I found.
There's this attitude that Mastodon does everything perfectly when it comes to combating racism, harassment, and other problems, which I find somewhat strange.
Mastodon does well, for example, in enabling server level blocks and defederation and the ability to import (hopefully curated) block lists from other users, although the latter functionality is not obvious to many people.
The number of severs, admins, and moderators also contributes to better human level attention of moderation issues.
@gwynnion This point applies to just about any social media platform. Do you think Twitter/Instagram DMs are not visible to Twitter or Instagram owners? Or that messages you send in Facebook Messenger are invisible to Meta and it's advertising and data collecting machine? Have we so easily forgotten the entire Cambridge Analytica scandal and how large corporations use the data on the social platforms (including private messages) in order to target you with advertising or social campaigns?
It's great that you brought this up in discussion, this just shows the need for everyone to jump ship to a trully private, secure and end-to-end encrypted messenger solution.
There's #Signal which is really easy to set up and use. All you need is a phone number and you're done. #Telegram also encrypts your messages if you use the private chatrooms, and you can also set your phone number to be hidden, and use a user ID instead for searchability. Want even more security and descentralization as well? there is #Matrix and @joinjabber that allow you to pick any server and client of your choosing (Matrix encrypts all your messages by default, on XMPP there is a thing called OMEMO which is server and client (or app) dependent - more details here).
Or you can just create a #PGP key and encrypt the text you want to send on Mastodon like that.
I know it all sounds too complicated for the average folk, on one side, but on the other, if we do not understand technology, it's limitations and it's capabilities, we will never get to use it to full potential.
I put my XMPP address in my profile on this purpose - you can see it if you click on the 3 dots menu while in my profile, then "open original page".
Introducing Fediverse 201, a new series in which I take a deeper dive in all the other cool products and services on the fediverse that go beyond microblogging, and talk to the creators about their product.
In this first edition: Owncast!
#owncast is a free and open source live video streaming server, that can also connect to the rest of the #fediverse in a variety of ways.
Yeah, streaming content to the masses can be complex & costly, depending on your setup as well as your audience. I think this is where centralized services excel at compared to decentralized ones.
Even #Matrix (which I am a fan of) is iffy at this. But I do believe the decentralized streaming services can reach regions that are often overlooked or restricted (like #China 🇨🇳) which is why they are necessary.
“Oh I need to communicate with someone on Discord quickly, guess I’ll launch it. Oh, there’s an update available, so Discord prevents me from opening their appliaction.”
I understand the reason for this - organization and coordination are difficult tasks. And the team responsible for resolving conflicts should not itself be a source of misunderstanding and conflict.
For this purpose #discord is a very useful, but flawed tool. And alternatives (e.g. #Matrix, #IRC, #Email and #Jitsi) have their own issues - some are just down to network effects, others actually lack features making them less useful for coordination.
What is the state of notifications on #matrix#element (android) without #google push service? I mean by that havin own matrix server and no google play service on the phone (only frdoid, no microg)
1/2: Ich habe die blaue/rote Pille #matrix Anspielung eben aus meinem Profil gelöscht.
Ich habe durch ein Video von AlphaKevin eben erfahren, dass diese Pillen Anspielung „red-piller“ von extremenm rexhten und/oder sehr krass #frauenverachtenden „Männerrechtlern“ benutzt wird.
Mit war das bis eben nicht bewusst, die Anspielung war in meinem Profil - weil ich den Matrix Film für seine Story, Erzählweise, und die Filmaufnahme (sind für mich bis heute einfach nur Kunst) extrem wertschätze.
@mmasnick Thank you! You've changed my opinion on #BlueSky with this post.
Also, maybe you intended for this to be the obvious conclusion of your own, and if it was I agree. It won't matter if we use BlueSky, #Mastodon or #nostr in the end. Content will mostly federate freely inbetween the protocols.
As an example: If people ask me if I'm still on #IRC the answer is "yes", although for me IRC channels are just additional #Matrix rooms nowadays.
🇬🇧 I see #Matrix is the next topic I need to explore as it looks like a very interesting tool! I think I was convinced by having Signal, Messenger and others in one app!
🇵🇱 Widzę, że #Matrix to następny temat, który muszę zgłębić, bo wygląda to na bardzo ciekawe narzędzie! Przekonało mnie chyba posiadanie Signala, Messengera i innych w jednej aplikacji!
#Telegram was blocked in my country (#Brazil) yesterday on all ISPs, and soon they will be removed from App Store and Play Store ... that's why decentralized communication apps are so important, apps like #Session and #Matrix are trending here right now.
Just learned about @simplex and I must say it looks fairly promising as a future #InstantMessaging app to replace #Signal in the long run (I do like #Matrix but it's good to see an alternative and their tech looks solid).
I was not 100% sure about #SimpleX ToS, though, and couldn't find out who the company was, nor their business model (though donation is at least a part of it).
I know this'll be shitty to complain about but seriously.. Why do people still make #Discord servers when they can use other open solutions like #Matrix or #Revolt? :blobcatglare:
We are supporting yet another big greedy #corporation collecting #data on us, we should be promoting open protocols or services that don't do such a thing
@gutocarvalho Uso e gosto do #matrix e entendo a importância da federação, mas em usabilidade não chega perto do Signal. Para todas as pessoas não técnicas procuro recomendar o Signal a outras ferramentas mais fechadas. Talvez vc conheça essa discussão: https://snikket.org/blog/products-vs-protocols/
There's one main thing I like about #BlueSky, #Nostr, #Cwtch, and the in-development P2P-ified #Matrix over #ActivityPub and Matrix as they're generally deployed now: your ID doesn't depend on DNS.
I've not been in the Fediverse very long, but I've already seen people lose their entire social graph because an admin unilaterally took down an instance. When you tie your identity to DNS, you're at the mercy of the domain owner and every point of control over the DNS as a whole, including the court systems in every authoritarian jurisdiction. Not your keys, not your identity.
I like the admins of my instance here, but I see the toll it takes on them running it even with the community's contributions. It's a lot of pressure and a lot of power to have that much control over identity and trust for your users.
I don't think we have to wholesale move to other protocols, though. The beauty of open networks is the freedom to build bridges. When people do migrate between them, it can and should be as smooth as migrating between ActivityPub instances in the happy path, and remain fully interoperable.
Yo no he podido entender la teoría de la #Matrix que defiende #Musk. Si la realidad es solo un niño jugando #SimEarth ¿Para qué llegar a otros planetas si eso es verdad? De seguro ese es de los objetivos de la simulación y apenas se cumpla se acabará, como en ese juego o en #Civilization.
En cambio, lo largoplacistamente responsable sería mantener la vida en la tierra lo máximo posible (al menos hasta saber si se puede trascender la simulación). https://www.abc.es/ciencia/abci-elon-musk-esta-convencido-vivimos-matrix-201809110239_noticia.html
Hmm, moim zdaniem to nie jest dobry pomysł, to przyciąganie na siłę wszystkich nowych osób zakładających profil przez apkę #Android na instancję mastodon.social
Ciężko teraz dogrzebać się do serwera działającego w ojczystym języku, a mastodon.social puchnie. Dopiero co się z niego przeniosłem na pol.social, bo ciężko było używać przez lagi, opóźnienia i błędy 500 w przeglądarce.
Chyba że pan Gargron chce zniechęcić ludzi do #Mastodon pokazując jak powoli działa?🤔
Ech, zamiast #decentralizacja, kolejna wielka instancja. Przykład #matrix.org chyba poszedł na marne...
Auf Telegram gibt es einen Fake Account, der unter meinem Namen russische Kriegspropaganda verbreitet. Ich habe keinen Telegram Account, nie gehabt, denn das ist ein dubioses Unternehmen von 2 Russen mit Briefkastenadresse in Dubai. Kann da nur abraten.
@rahmstorf #Matrix macht da hoffnung, finde ich. ein protokoll, um chat programme so zu bauen, dass sie miteinander können. Und mit video, und gruppen, und was man halt so braucht... es kann sich sogar (begrenzt) mit existierenden messengern verbinden, wobei das ne krücke bleibt... @matrix