RE: https://mastodon.cosmicnation.co/@esmie/116384340746865983
Indeed a good app and the Good News Community runs a room there too! - https://gasolin.idv.tw/keetlink/#nfouhfk8oj5xd7jt8p3f3d6si16xgeuffnzy99m5zy1s7umpzntgsxcry59dhso9p1wohpmtowmzifbtsg74tox4utufg9c64drj47ohhfcsknap5quu9f8cej4awn3rxbzr77rfkp73ncyeh7c64incbopneyedmbtogi1jakus8urtj8bd7wsgqxoqs
The video is funny and the problem is real.
A few months ago I evaluated messengers on their privacy, ethical foundations, organisational background, features and functionality.
- it’s based on a US-Based crypto coin, not bad per se, but any connection to the US does introduce a loss of trust
- it bears all the hallmarks of vibe coded AI slop.
- it’s part of a conglomerate of for-profit companies all have _AI slop_ written all over them.
I recommend
#foss instead.
More trustworthy messaging alternatives:
- https://jami.net/ #jami
- https://github.com/berty #berty
- https://delta.chat/ #deltachat
- anything #xmpp / #jabber like e.g. #monal
(Not evaluated yet: #paligram)
@richardwonka @Good_News_Community
Thanks for mentioning Paligram! Never heard of it. Added it to my IM chart:
https://mov.im/blog/debacle/76bf90a4-5f59-4962-92db-6cd859f42ec9
And 👍 to #Jabber/#XMPP, the "fediverse of chat" since 1999 🙂
@debacle cool chart! The stuff the internet was made for! 🙂
I scanned it and couldn’t see #Meshtastic, #Meshchat or #LXMF .
Are they out of scope?
I don't know them. If they are chat systems or chat apps, I can add them.
@debacle they are indeed, some less focussed on just chat than others.
Let me see for links:
- https://github.com/markqvist/LXMF
- https://github.com/liamcottle/reticulum-meshchat
- https://meshtastic.org/
Thanks! Added!
@debacle @richardwonka @Good_News_Community
Strange. I tried (intuitively) to throw this link into the search on my Movim instance to like it... And nothing happened. But the page has a link to https://mov.im/blog/debacle%40movim.eu, which is also not found through the search. In the end, I parsed the URL to [email protected], it worked, but I still don't understand why the link looks the way it does and what I'm supposed to do with it. Movim is mysterious...
@debacle @richardwonka @Good_News_Community
Also, what was this chart created with? I'd like to make it a little more readable, in my opinion.
@johan @richardwonka @Good_News_Community
It's matplotlib now, but I'll port it to echarts at some point.
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