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   Nathan Schneider (ntnsndr@social.coop)'s status on Friday, 14-Feb-2025 01:27:30 JST Nathan Schneider

   From a call I'm on right now: "I feel like all of DC is on Signal now"

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     Jonobie (jonobie@social.coop)'s status on Friday, 14-Feb-2025 01:28:02 JST Jonobie

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     @ntnsndr I definitely feel like there’s been an influx recently among my friend groups.

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     Nathan Schneider (ntnsndr@social.coop)'s status on Friday, 14-Feb-2025 01:33:49 JST Nathan Schneider

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     • william.maggos

     @wjmaggos I run Matrix in my lab and force students and collaborators on it. But the onboarding friction (key management, verification) is still too high. Those need to be addressed before I would recommend it for activist groups who can't afford to lose participants to so-so UX.

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     william.maggos (wjmaggos@liberal.city)'s status on Friday, 14-Feb-2025 01:33:50 JST william.maggos

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     @ntnsndr

     maybe being this centralized even if the tech is good and the owners are cool is not a good idea. #matrix

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     Nathan Schneider (ntnsndr@social.coop)'s status on Friday, 14-Feb-2025 02:22:32 JST Nathan Schneider

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     • william.maggos

     @wjmaggos Yes, still with the new versions. Students have trouble with setting up the keys and getting verified; I don't think the interface is very successful in communicating what those things mean and why they are necessary and how to achieve them.

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     william.maggos (wjmaggos@liberal.city)'s status on Friday, 14-Feb-2025 02:22:33 JST william.maggos

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     @ntnsndr

     Even with Element X? I found that to be a huge improvement and have gotten some friends on it since. I've used it for calling into my podcast (very limited) and never had a problem. Worse than mastodon?