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   Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Thursday, 02-Jan-2025 15:14:47 JST Strypey

   I really want to have a chat app where I can have 3 tiers of connections for both 1:1 chats and groups, and have a simple control to toggle from receiving messages from all 3, to just 2, or just 1.

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   #chat #UX

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     Eric Ireland (erici@social.sdf.org)'s status on Thursday, 02-Jan-2025 15:14:41 JST Eric Ireland

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     @strypey How do you convince your family and friends to install delta chat and matrix apps? Every one I know balks at another app.

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     Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Thursday, 02-Jan-2025 15:14:44 JST Strypey

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     At the moment my workaround is to;

     1) critical: get them to use the cell network for SMS or voice calls

     2) have a separate chat account for family and friends, currently Matrix, and an email address set up with Delta Chat

     3) maintain accounts on as many Free Code chat account as I can manage for work purposes

     Quite frankly, it's a exhausting mess.

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     Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Thursday, 02-Jan-2025 15:14:46 JST Strypey

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     Different people might use it different ways, by my tiers would be;

     1) critical: My elderly parents, my daughter, and a few other family and close friends who always have my ear

     2) family and friends: basically people who are part of my social life I'm generally happy to hear from

     3) work: people I work with or predominantly talk to about worky stuff. No offence to anyone, but I'd like to be able to be 'away' for these people when I'm off the clock and relaxing

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     Blort™ 🐀Ⓥ🥋☣️ (blort@social.tchncs.de)'s status on Thursday, 02-Jan-2025 15:24:04 JST Blort™ 🐀Ⓥ🥋☣️

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     @strypey

     I have something similar set up. Tier 1 people are all family that I have using Element+Matrix on my home account. Tier 2 people all have my email. Tier 3 text / call me. I have strict "Do not distrub" rules set up on my phone to limit notifications of tier 2+3.

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     Eric Ireland (erici@social.sdf.org)'s status on Thursday, 02-Jan-2025 19:41:55 JST Eric Ireland

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     @strypey Thinking about deleting my whatsapp account but it would cause problems. Wish I never signed up to it in the first place. I’m always telling people to sms or email instead.

     I use delta chat for email sometimes but I got a really negative response when I suggested it to other people.

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     Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Thursday, 02-Jan-2025 19:41:57 JST Strypey

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     • Eric Ireland

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     @erici
     > How do you convince your family and friends to install delta chat and matrix apps? Every one I know balks at another app

     I refuse point blank to use apps that I believe are harmful to me and to society as a whole. Whenever they ask me to, I'm happy to explain why I won't in great detail, until they give up.

     Anyone who really cares about me, or wants to work with me, will hear me out and use communication channels I'm comfortable with. If they'd rather cut contact, their loss.

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     Yuchen Pei (quasi@peister.org)'s status on Thursday, 02-Jan-2025 19:48:38 JST Yuchen Pei

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     • Eric Ireland
     @erici
     There was a time in early 2021 when whatsapp updated the privacy policy that pissed people off who migrated to signal en masse with friends and family. Guess you'll have to wait for them to make the same mistake again...
     @strypey