Those of you in #mastodon / #fediverse know the benefits of #federation / #decentralization.
Though many of you might not be aware of (or even if you are aware might not actually be using) XMPP.
XMPP is a federated replacement for centralized messaging apps like #WhatsApp #Telegram #Signal etc
You are invited to try this with our community run public XMPP service at https://diasp.in/signup
We had to disable open sign ups due to spam, but we hope to reopen it soon.