The messaging mess is worse than ever these days. Everyone is falling for the proprietary messaging app scams that always follow the cycle of enshittification. These messaging apps are designed to collect a large user …
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The most intelligent people on the internet use this instead of Slack, Teams, or Discord
There are hundreds of messaging apps out there these days. Slack is one that has recently become popular for business communications as has Microsoft Teams. Discord is another one that’s become popular with gamers and …
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The Fediverse should avoid bundling Private Messages completely and implement this instead.
Many servers in the Fediverse have implemented “private mentions” or “private messages” or “direct messages” in a manner that uses the ActivityPub protocol without encryption. Fediverse server administrators are able to read all of these …
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How to make your own Delta Chat Email Server and compete with WhatsApp/Signal/Telegram
UPDATE: Since this article was published, a new server package has been built that’s even better for use with Delta Chat. The new server is called Chatmail and its open-source repository is here. The below …
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The smartest messaging method is not a segregated mess of WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, SMS, Slack, Teams, Facebook, Instagram, WeChat, etc.
“Too Long Didn’t Read” Summary: Managing too many messaging apps can cause cognitive overload and contribute to burn-out. It’s smarter to focus on the one system that works with everything everywhere there’s internet and is …
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