SignalAnnouncement! Signal is refreshing our board as we grow. We’re delighted to welcome Katherine Maher, Amba Kak, and Jay Sullivan as Signal’s new Directors. Learn more here: https://signalfoundation.org/
In 2020, Signal bootstrapped a small board, drawing on people close to Signal or directly involved. We are grateful to Moxie, Brian, and Meredith for working during this phase to grow and advise Signal. Meredith and Brian will remain on the Board for an interim period, before stepping off to focus on their leadership duties–Meredith as Signal’s President, and Brian staying on as Signal’s CEO, following a search.
After over a decade spent creating Signal, Moxie has departed to focus on new efforts. As the founder of Signal, the work he did and the organization he built are the reason Signal exists. We are infinitely grateful. He remains a friend and a core part of the Signal legacy ❤️🙏
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DΛNIEL TʘMΛN
Wikinaut#usernames - when? You promised this for spring 2023.
ixus@wikinaut @signalapp +1 here
symb0lUsername with a phone number attached - yes.
Absolutely do not allow username only access to this app. One of the last platforms around not overridden with bots.
Steffi@signalapp Really sad i had to delete the App after so many years. It was great to have a single App for SMS and secure messages. But without that, there is no reason to use it anymore.
smeg@signalapp can we get rid of the crypto coin nonsense now?
Jay Thoden van Velzen ☁️🛡️
Mark Hughes@signalapp #Signal is becoming increasingly annoying and I won't be inviting more friends or donating in future because of that.
If that's due to #Moxie leaving then it's a big shame he's moved on after creating an effective solution to a serious problem.
It's a shame that legacy is being trashed so soon but I'll be looking for something that isn't centralised and which I can control, rather than a thing which thinks it should control me the way Meta and other sociopathic entities operate.
MarkSWhat is it about Signal that you find increasingly annoying?
artfulrobot@markstahl @markhughes @signalapp
I like signal and use it all the time. It nags me for my PIN occasionally, but I think that's about it. I don't massively mind the PIN nags as I do forget...
To me enshitification is where you degrade a product by lowering the quality or features somehow to increase profits. I'm not seeing that, nor profits!
A decentralised secure messaging app would be great. The nearest I've found is #deltaChat and the best thing is that you already have an account...
Kévin ⏚@artfulrobot @markstahl @markhughes @signalapp they did get rid of SMS integration after all.
I've had to switch from a useful app that does both, over to whatever Google shit is already installed (and is 100% reading my messages) and Signal on a clean 50 / 50 split for contacts
@kc @artfulrobot @markstahl @markhughes @signalapp SMS are legacy technology, they had to be dropped at some point, not even encrypted. I also understand the annoyance.
@drachma @artfulrobot @markhughes @signalapp @markstahl SMS a "legacy" technology ? What in the Tech Bro Valley nonsense are you speaking here ?
@kc @artfulrobot @markhughes @signalapp @markstahl Plaintext crap with can almost be intercepted by a toaster, only used in the USA and maybe 3 more countries.
I consider that obsolete, literally almost any other protocol is better.
@drachma @signalapp @kc @markstahl SMS is available in 100s of countries. It is crap, laughably insecure, etc. But it's important for several reasons. 1 inclusion & adoption: it had people using signal as their main messaging app bc they could message people who only have SMS, so signal app more convenient+useful. 2. We can't all afford data 24/7/365. I regularly have to SMS my kids! 3. It can often get through when data reception fails.
Not what signal is about, but it was v useful for people
@artfulrobot @signalapp @kc @markstahl Yeah, and I understand why this is annoying, you now need to look for and and install a separate app…
@drachma
@artfulrobot @signalapp @kc
For all its importance and history, WhatsApp carries more messages per day than SMS.
I realize that in the US, SMS is quite popular. But in the rest of the world, WhatsApp is significantly more used. If you ever tried MMS texting internationally, you'd understand what crap SMS is.
Source: https://www.sellcell.com/blog/how-many-text-messages-are-sent-a-day-2023-statistics/
Karol Bieńkowski@signalapp Thank you Moxie and all of you for the years of effort and the great software 🙏
ɹǝʇsbuɐɹd@signalapp I've been using Signal (TextSecure) for over a decade, back when it was just a small project that Moxie started. Today, 99% of my conversations take place on Signal. A grand salute to Moxie 🫡 Can't wait to see what he embarks on next.
Ramon in Cambodja@signalapp What do directors do?
@signalapp at least nobody answers a toot...
Dallas Groot@signalapp I don’t see a watch app here, can I have my donation back?
ckrypto
Danny@signalapp I hate spooks
🌲@signalapp Any chance the new Signal leadership is open to removing the phone number requirement and implementing federation?
Lyre Calliope@signalapp I'm a fan of each of these new board members! 🤩
I'm increasingly and increasingly more optimistic about Signal's future! 🌱
Potatoes Fall@signalapp I haven't done my research, but Jay's track record of working in high-ranking positions at companies like Twitter and Facebook is a weird look for Signal, a foundation that claims to oppose the practices of exactly those tech giants.
Bob K Mertz 
@potatoes_fall
Signal is slowly building a walled garden but people aren't realizing that goal because they keep praising the privacy. I don't know that I trust the future of @signalapp
Signal is slowly building a walled garden but people aren't realizing that goal because they keep praising the privacy. I don't know that I trust the future of @signalapp
KingsQuestVTownTheme@signalapp 1) Introduce crypto bullshit into your app to make a quick buck amid widespread community backlash. 2) Abandon widespread adoption of your platform by killing SMS support in favor of shoehorning ridiculous fluff nobody asked for or uses like stories. 3) Refuse to elaborate. 4) Leave.
Thanks to the SMS decision, I've gone from my family and close friends using Signal down to one single friend I barely talk to using it, and it's even unnecessarily inconvenient for me now too. Thanks.