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If you just want to interact with others in the same fringe groups as you, then sure, you can be satisfied with just these alternatives and their current audien

If you just want to interact with others in the same fringe groups as you, then sure, you can be satisfied with just these alternatives and their current audiences. But you can't run your PTA group on Matrix (believe me, I proposed!), there is no single influential person that is interested in leaving Twitter and joining the Fediverse. There is not a single business, news media channel or podcaster that cares about putting their presence on Mastodon, etc. So, success is quite measurable and it is certainly not achieved yet. This is not to say that we should just give up and be assimilated by the Borg. It is just a reality check and a reminder that there is a huge world out there.

grey_earthling 5y ago
> But you can't run your PTA group on Matrix (believe me, I proposed!) I'm curious: why not? Is it just name recognition of WhatsApp? Are people unwilling to create a new account? and if so, what made them willing to create a WhatsApp account?
- rglullis 5y ago
  Yes, people have not heard of it before and are just used to WhatsApp. The few that were at least aware of the issues with WhatsApp were proposing Telegram and/or Signal, depending mostly on if they had one or the other already installed. I know that the onboarding process from the Element client still is quite painful, and I didn't want to play tech support for a group of 30+ German parents and teachers. > What made them willing to create a WhatsApp account. The easiest authentication/onboarding process ever. That was the 19 billion dollar problem they cracked.