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Not just what, but who. I expect to see a rise in use of small scale networks/groups, ideally self hosted in some way, where participants are all known to each

by tmnvix 2y ago

Not just what, but who. I expect to see a rise in use of small scale networks/groups, ideally self hosted in some way, where participants are all known to each other in real life. For years now I've been seeing people migrate to WhatsApp groups largely for this reason (I know each of you, this conversation is not public, and we're not going to have some weird bot or 'curator' turn up to shill, steal, or spray slop around). Really curious to know about any co-housing/living communities or the like that have found a useful solution along the lines of a calendar/notification/chat/messaging/file sharing platform that isn't some mashup of big tech offerings. Who's offering real life communities a 'social platform in a box'?

elefanten 2y ago
Not quite what you’re asking for, but Discord is broadly the go-to for small private communities, imo. It’s not half bad at it either
- tmnvix 2y ago
  Personally I loathe it. I have a client that insists I communicate with them using their channel. The UI is overwhelming and finding past references or info is not nearly as easy as it should be. I have no idea why some projects use it as their primary community platform (looking at you Svelte). Slack is not much better in many regards.
rightbyte 2y ago
I would like to setup some messaging solution for me and my friends and family to avoid spying. My internet conmection and power have some downtime here on the country side, so ideally I would want something that have redundant server nodes. Dunno if that exists.
_heimdall 2y ago
Futo Circles[1] may be what you're looking for. I haven't used it so I can't speak to the service itself, but it's a selfhostable e2e encrypted social media app built on top of Matrix. [1] https://circles.futo.org/ https://circles.futo.org/
nunez 2y ago
fwiw Meta AI is built into WhatsApp and I don't think it's possible to turn it off.

by tmnvix 2y ago

elefanten 2y ago

Not quite what you’re asking for, but Discord is broadly the go-to for small private communities, imo. It’s not half bad at it either

tmnvix 2y ago
Personally I loathe it. I have a client that insists I communicate with them using their channel. The UI is overwhelming and finding past references or info is not nearly as easy as it should be. I have no idea why some projects use it as their primary community platform (looking at you Svelte). Slack is not much better in many regards.

rightbyte 2y ago

I would like to setup some messaging solution for me and my friends and family to avoid spying. My internet conmection and power have some downtime here on the country side, so ideally I would want something that have redundant server nodes. Dunno if that exists.

_heimdall 2y ago

Futo Circles[1] may be what you're looking for. I haven't used it so I can't speak to the service itself, but it's a selfhostable e2e encrypted social media app built on top of Matrix. [1] https://circles.futo.org/ https://circles.futo.org/

nunez 2y ago

fwiw Meta AI is built into WhatsApp and I don't think it's possible to turn it off.