Switching from WhatsApp to any other messaging service isn't a realistic option for quite many places. I'd be more than willing to switch but of all the people in my contacts (including my entire customer base) there's like 3 people using Signal but every single one of them has WhatsApp. Even the 60+ year olds.

[–] autonomoususer@lemmy.world 12 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (6 children)

This does not help.

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[–] callyral@pawb.social 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Same (Brazil), Whatsapp is pretty much a requirement and I hate that I'm forced to give Meta my information by using their shitty app.

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[–] malcriada_lala@lemmy.world 18 points 4 days ago (15 children)

I like this. I hope it starts conversations. Does anyone know if there are good alternatives to Discord?

[–] umbraroze@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago

Matrix. Seems to be the hottest thing for group chats. Also what a lot of open source projects that used IRC before are switching to (or, if not switching, are providing a bridge for).

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[–] PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 12 points 4 days ago (10 children)

Are any of these actually good?

I mean, aside from Lemmy. I tried Mastadon and no one was actually on it, seems like everyone is jumping to Bluesky.

[–] lysol@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago

Depends on how many you follow. Lemmy is way more dead than Mastodon for me.

[–] Korrok@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 4 days ago

I'm on Mastodon and I see plenty of activity, I don't miss twitter at all. I see less activity on Lemmy tbh

[–] astro_ray@piefed.social 5 points 4 days ago

George Takei is active of mastodon. There are many journalists and scientists. Tons of developers. A few small celebs. Also, many people I don't want to be here are not here. That's a plus for me.

[–] teohhanhui@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago

no one was actually on it

It might feel that way at first, but my Mastodon feed is very robust nowadays. You just need to follow more people.

[–] Temperche@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (3 children)

People only move to Bluesky because they don't want to change their thinking (picking instances is hard!) and keep using "Twitter".

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[–] Temperche@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 4 days ago (2 children)

FB Marketplace --> Flohmarkt is missing!

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[–] namingthingsiseasy@programming.dev 15 points 5 days ago (9 children)

I'm surprised this hasn't been said yet... but what I hate most about Signal is its requirement for a phone number. I don't want to be identified, and I want to be able to create multiple separate accounts with different identities if I want to.

I also hate the fact that it's a mobile-first service. Yes, there is a desktop application (and just one really crappy one at that), but it's clearly designed to revolve first and foremost around your phone and be virtually impossible to use without one. As someone who hates writing on a 3-inch screen, this is a also non-starter for me.

I understand the arguments about perfectionism, but this is too much. I'll stick with XMPP, Matrix and IRC, thanks.

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[–] Mangoholic@lemmy.ml 13 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Where is matrix?

[–] Pipster@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 5 days ago (12 children)

Hidden inside the whatsapp->signal box in tiny faint font. I was wondering why there isn't a big "Discord -> Matrix"

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[–] Elrecoal19_0@lemmy.world 12 points 4 days ago (2 children)

In my case I deleted instagram, instead of whatsapp I'm going to Matrix (I'll see who I get there), I changed Reddit for Lemmy and I'm trying to find an active Peertube instance that allows for account creation, live, and uploading videos

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[–] kemsat@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (7 children)

Is there an app for Loops.video?

Edit: Go to https://loops.video/ Make an account, and you should get an email afterwards to download the app from TestFlight or an Android APK.

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[–] umbraroze@lemmy.world 12 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I'm not really all that invested in trying out Friendica, because Facebook is basically the exact sort of social network service that I really don't give a darn about. I wanted to check it anyway, but the only tangible information on what Friendica is about is the project/marketing page. I can't browse the instances. If I go to your massive social platform, the last thing I want to see is just a brick wall of a login page. Then I looked at fedidb and... um, those aren't huge user numbers.

So I guess I'll keep posting on the services that seem more sensible to me, like Mastodon, Pixelfed and Lemmy.

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