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 other consumer communities. These are all, at their very basic level, just “type message, press send” programs. There’s nothing particularly […]
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 private messages on the server which means they’re not really private. Some have suggested making them encrypted so that server […]
(Also published here: How to make your own WhatsApp, Telegram, or Signal competitor (pocketnow.com)) If you’ve been watching what’s been happening to Twitter since it was bought out by Elon Musk, you might have recently realized the advantages of using more sustainable, federated, decentralized, and open technologies (Such as Mastodon and the Fediverse). Or maybe […]
“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 completely open for you to control and customize on your own within the largest messaging ecosystem on the planet. Collaborative […]
