XMPP, but also Delta Chat! The Webxdc apps for Delta work in XMPP client Cheogram despite there being no cross-compatibility between the networks. It can access ordinary email servers so long as they were not set up maliciously (Apple, M$, Gmail, etc). It can do a couple things XMPP cannot, but it’s not suitable for anyone outside close friends and family. I basically only use it for email, automation, and other personal matters. XMPP is for general use and can replace Discord. The Movim project looks very cool they have a community here also join their XMPP chat. Cheogram services can connect to the regular phone network.

Ask in the Sharkey Discord (sorry that’s the only place they are) if any better forks have arisen than Sharkey yet. They’ll be frank

What exactly have these members of Israeli parliament ever done other than try to display moral superiority while living the same as the rest?

Which fork?

They are doing fine, they maintain a large reserve, 3 times larger reserves of diesel and crude, 22% of refineries sit idle normally, and the drone attacks penetrating are causing inconsistent damage, at most shutting places down for a week or two. Gas tank explosions look big, but it’s apparently not hard to fix. Who knew refineries planned for fuel accidents? I digress. Friend of mine just did a detailed breakdown of what exactly the damage being done to Russia’s gasoline refinement is, what the reserves are, and what escalation options Russia has postponed until now. You should be concerned about the ability to keep trading blows like this. I know you love watching Ukraine getting fucked up, but I hate seeing good infrastructure go to waste. They waited to start hitting gas infrastructure until January, remember that. There was a real hope the rail and pipelines might keep flowing to Europe.

Hey, I don’t speak for anyone here, but this isn’t a problem. Decentralization is a means to an end, not a desirable state in and of itself. Federated networks being separate from each other is fine. I feel this has been a critical misunderstanding among advocates of open source social media.

Honestly, best experiences I have had on ActivityPub were replacements for a group chat of 40-200 persons, not an attempted replacement for Twitter. (Also crucially not on a Mastodon fork but stuff like Akkoma.)

Since this app is clearly for some people a replacement for the general mechanics of websites like Stack Overflow, HN, and Reddit, and for other people meant to be a direct fork of specific Reddit communities, it makes sense to me that the networks would diverge completely, though it seems it hasn’t happened yet.

What really kept me from using Lemmy is the poor integration with Mastodon. It’s not a UI thing. Mbin and Kbin were a step in the wrong direction by furthrt splitting the UI between two types of posts that are the same under the hood

Silly kid, trying to fill out the “free space” on his bingo twice. You’re not too clever are you?

Wrong, that is what Europe is saying “Little Borat” (you love Mossad propaganda so much you named your reply guy account after it, hmmm), they have determined the best way to avoid war with Russia is provocation. Keep shaking your dainty little ass at them and just hope America saves you. After all, NATO is the sword, and the sword’s shield. 😂

Do you find your “work” fulfilling?

I can tell you don’t read Ukrainian newspapers by your blind dismissal of any military shortcomings. They bicker about it constantly. Why do you think Zaluzhny as exiled?

Oh is that what was implied? You’re so cute.

Nice, I’m gonna try that. I use SingleFile.

Never cared for the way this fellow tries to argue that everything is too difficult to be useful. I’ve gotten plenty of friends and family on XMPP and the clients that don’t have encryption on by default are easy to remember. Really blowing it out of proportion.

Honestly, what do security researchers like this even know about normal people? They sit through all kinds of inconveniences to use Facebook. This is a thought experiment.

Some of these are valid criticisms, of course, a lot of XMPP stuff feels like it from the 2010s. It’s still the only real option. Matrix client or server is bloated garbage, theu moved server fixes into a walled garden, its development is dependent on funding from the USA National Endowment for Democracy technology fund. Signal has similar funding issues and is very shady with its centralization, trust issues, demanding phone numbers. Sets users up to leak all kinds of stuff in notifications like Matrix.

The strange insistence that only Signal meets their requirements makes me skeptical, as does the way they have operated in Github threads. They seem like an emotional nightmare to work with.

It’s time for you guys to decide whether you want direct war with Russia or not. Imagining that they aren’t ready for it, and this is just a diversion, is seriously risky. I’m nervous with how Europeans are getting bolder the more Ukraine fails to fulfil its military objectives. Nobody is doing more than doubling down on political narratives that were dry in 2022.

So many people in this world need to die

Because it’s not shiny and new? I think the simple stuff works great with the shiny stuff. Command line tools are great for weaving in NTFY pings to our fancy pocket communicators with all kinds of information.

I think there may be a little bit more to the relationship between the USA and its protectorates than bribery, if you’ve got the time to listen.