Honestly, Signal shouldn’t be even mentioned in the context of the fediverse.
First thought was “I’d prefer signal over element”. Your comment reminded me that element is federated.
Much nicer Lemmy-green there!
Do you guys have suggestions on how to encourage my contacts to migrate from that bloody whatsapp into Signal and/or Element? I bloody hate Meta, I hate everything it stands for, I call it “Merda” (shit) not without a reason, and yet I need to use their shite because everyone uses it, including my family.
The single most common excuse for not shifting to the Fediverse has been in my experience, “I can’t leave because everyone is still there.” I’ve been dragging encouraging people to move towards Signal and the Fediverse for years now. Gentle persistence appears to be the way.
That’s exactly what I’m getting, too - the “collective action” problem Doctorow talks about. I managed to make a single person use it alongside WhatsApp, and… that’s it.
I’m trying to remember how people migrated from ICQ to MSN Messenger to WhatsApp.
Is there an official lemmy app or did you rename it
Isn’t Signal a better suited alternative to whatsapp? I think of element/matrix as more of a discord replacement
I’ve been using matrix/fluffychat as a texting replacement with my friends.
@jayk @ekZepp I wish they wouldn’t push the groups aspect so much, though I suspect that’s a tactic to get people into the groups when their friends aren’t all on it. Signal has the same problem of being in the hands of a few, and Matrix/Element actually supports multiple devices better anyway. It is just fine as a Messenger replacement.
