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   :portalBlue: ne'er-do-well :portalOrange: (ralphwrecksfirefish@mk.absturztau.be)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Jan-2025 16:17:28 JST :portalBlue: ne'er-do-well :portalOrange:

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   • Jean (╯°□°）╯ ┻━┻

   @queserasera@infosec.exchange ikr! I don't get why a lot of people don't understand that switching to a different messenger is way trickier than switching to a different cloud storage or browser. you need to matter enough to enough people to get them onboard
   
   "switch to Signal. tell everyone do download Signal"
   
   switches to Signal and tells everyone to download Signal
   
   now, I'm having the most secure form of communication — no communication at all

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     Jean (╯°□°）╯ ┻━┻ (queserasera@infosec.exchange)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Jan-2025 16:17:29 JST Jean (╯°□°）╯ ┻━┻

     People can't just leave Facebook, Instagram or Threads or whatever shithole in one day. I know cos I did that move. I had to sacrifice the community I met, online friends I created from Facebook comment sections (of all places), groups and marketplace. Weird shit, I know.

     One thing that saved me from losing all connections was my position and privilege. They needed something from me either for work or otherwise. And I used that position to make them install Signal.

     "You need to talk to me for something? Here install this app. I wont reply otherwise"

     I gave an ultimatum. Now, not everyone can do tht because of the different positions we have in this godforsaken world where your worth is tied to whay you can 'offer'. 🫠

     Yes, I still did lose connections. I can't talk to my aunt who won't install Signal. She even stopped using SMS. Her world is messenger.

     I can't talk to my bestfriend in highschool for the same reasons.

     They were bullets I had to bite.

     Not everyone has that privilege. Not everyone can do that. And while I have spewing this same rhetoric that we should leave Meta, there's no current working pipeline on how to do it without losing people.

     Rich Felker repeated this.