Today is Global Switch Day for the Fediverse, and to be honest it surprised me after waking up and seeing @dansup@mastodon.social posting about it.
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I follow Dan closely due to his work on PixelFed & Loops, amazing platforms that has been
Why would ActivityPub something I need in a messager? Not that savvy in all this stuff, but privacy seems the biggest concern here. So far I am happy with what signal has on offen.
Maybe it is more of a problem in these pictures to focus so hard on the fediverse instead of just good, open and free (as in foss) alternatives?
It is, but it shouldn’t be in an infographic saying join the Fediverse. It’s like a shop saying drink Coco-Cola and then serving Pepsi without informing its patrons.
Eh. Fediverse is a portmanteau of federation and universe. It’s perfectly fine and not misleading imho to suggest other federation-capable services in this context. Especially considering Matrix is definitely part of the wider cultural context underpinning the transition of some groups to using these counterculture services (it’s often frequently recommended in these contects, often used by people on mastoson etc anyways),
Element isn’t using ActivityPub
Why would ActivityPub something I need in a messager? Not that savvy in all this stuff, but privacy seems the biggest concern here. So far I am happy with what signal has on offen.
Maybe it is more of a problem in these pictures to focus so hard on the fediverse instead of just good, open and free (as in foss) alternatives?
Matrix as a whole is still federated and decentralised
It is, but it shouldn’t be in an infographic saying join the Fediverse. It’s like a shop saying drink Coco-Cola and then serving Pepsi without informing its patrons.
Eh. Fediverse is a portmanteau of federation and universe. It’s perfectly fine and not misleading imho to suggest other federation-capable services in this context. Especially considering Matrix is definitely part of the wider cultural context underpinning the transition of some groups to using these counterculture services (it’s often frequently recommended in these contects, often used by people on mastoson etc anyways),