@snorker to be honest I don't know right now, but an easier first step would be if they allow federation with other signal servers, if they don't even allow that yet, it is trying to run before learn to walk to ask for compatibility with Delta Chat,

my guess is they are simply not interested in federation, they want full control over all the user base, which is a huge red flag for me, if it is centralized it is basically not good for digital independence and autonomy

@newhinton

@newhinton well, I agree with the "why would they want to?" but for different reasons: they are not even federated across #signal servers how would they even think about being federated with something completely different

about your argument saying that federation does not help with private messaging, I disagree, federation makes it possible for you to self-host your server for your whole family and have them away from #Amazon or other centralized service's control, signal is a no-go

@snorker

@gustavo also came here to comment that, the problem I see is that it is hard to recommend random instances that will disappear overnight, but at least offering a random trusted instance that have been running for years would be nice

I think the actual problem here is the strong dependency in a single instance, mastodon should move in a direction where you can have multi-homing and not have your profile depend on single point of failure

@jmorahan @Mastodon