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I rank the social networks like this, in order of being the actual owner of the things you are publishing:
1) Fedi (self/community-hosted)
2) Nostr
3) Fedi (Someone else's server)
4) Bluesky
5) Telegram
6) All the horrible-corproate-fuckbollocks

I rank the private message apps like this, in order of how actually private they are:
1) Matrix
2) Signal
3) Whatsapp (though, yes, the content of the messages you send with your surveillance app are encrypted, but it is still a surveillance app, FFS)
4) Telegram - This is not even a private message app, this is a public not-encrypted message app. Why is it even on this list? It might as well say "email".
5) Email.

Which ones do you think my actual friends prefer?

#fedi#nostr#bluesky
Lydia Conwell
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@pre Who are these home owner asses, and why are they allowed on Fedi?

Sean Tilley
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@pre I've often wondered what an alternative model might look like, where we use a secure messenger for authentication requests, or for login recovery.

On another note, I've been curious about whether an ActivityPub app could be written that looks and functions similarly to email, and could serve as a viable replacement.
Adam Dalliance
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@deadsuperhero I think the pixelfed guy is working on some kinda activitypub private messenger.

Perhaps one day we'll fix it all.

afrangry
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@pre email with pgp encryption?

haise
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@pre I like matrix but be warned that it doesnt encrypt any metadata in encrypted rooms, only messages and files uploaded are encrypted in encrypted rooms so room names, topics, reactions, everything else isnt