Happy #GlobalSwitchDay

[lazycog@sopuli.xyz]

Yeah. I love Signal but it doesn't belong in that list. Dansup (creator of loops and pixelfed) is apparently working on "Sup" that will be a decentralized alternative to whatsapp.

[lyre@lemmy.ca]

Anyone know if loops has a good app out, or if there's one in the works thats coming out soon?

[arunshah240@lemmy.world]

Facebook messenger to sup fediverse messages platform

[evotech@lemmy.world]

Don't let perfect be the enemy of good

[kalcifer@sh.itjust.works]

My comment wasn't protesting the use of Signal; it was rather clarifying the misinformation in OP's post — ie misinformation that Signal is a federated service.

[reev@sh.itjust.works]

The app is really bare bones. It's also not federated (yet, but use a product for what it is right now, not what it promises to be).

Has potential but also dansup keeps running head-first into controversial takes.

[lyre@lemmy.ca]

Oh, i see. Still interesting, thanks for the info

[awesomelowlander@sh.itjust.works]

Also an entirely different thing, email is nothing alike to IMs.

[dumbass@leminal.space]

My favourite Dansup line is " It's coming this weekend" not sure when this weekend is supposed to come around tho.

From what I've seen on the loops discord he's about to open source the app and self hosted backend real soon, he's been reaching out for people to set up and test out the server code.

Same with federation, that's not far away, I think he wants to test how the different instances connect to each other first before the wider federation.

He's finally starting to look for coders to help him with the backend and app tho, so that's a good start.

[amzd@lemmy.world]

it’s decentralized

No it’s not. From literally your own comment:

Signal relies on centralized servers

For a decentralized messenger use https://delta.chat

[walrusdragononabike@reddthat.com]

How so? Seems like just a slightly different UI for the same thing to me?

[amzd@lemmy.world]

E-mail is an excellent protocol for messaging, see delta.chat

[reev@sh.itjust.works]

And I really do appreciate that. He's doing some good stuff and really hope pixelfed and loops (and sup) continue on the momentum that they've got and gain a substantial enough Userbase that they're really enjoyable to use. Just wanted to add the extra context because I think that's relevant too!

[rickdg@lemmy.world]

Friendly reminder that peertube can expose your IP address.

[dumbass@leminal.space]

He just really needs to let people help him more, he makes good stuff but it's kinda obvious it's getting a bit much for him sometimes, which is how we ended up with the stuff in your link lol.

A few times I've jumped in to the pixelfed discord before he split loops into its own one and he'd be in some crazy long rant, then you'd see him delete all his messages, dude needs a break or to delegate some of his work to the people who keep asking to help.

Good dude tho, just needs a rest I think, the tik tok thing kinda put some pressure on him to get it going quicker I think.

[kalcifer@sh.itjust.works]

it’s decentralized

No it’s not. From literally your own comment:

Signal relies on centralized servers

I was using "decentralized" to mean that there isn't centralized control over ownership of the service in general — eg anyone can spin up their own server, and people can use it (making it decentralized, imo), but people who use that server can only use that server (making it not federated). But yes it could still be said to be centralized in that it operates on a client-server model.

This is more an argument of definitions, though. I'm not trying to claim anything in bad faith.

[alzymologist@sopuli.xyz]

This should promote matrix, not signal

[leate_wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

Snubbing bluesky is a great way to get people to not take you seriously. When you're making a recruitment thing like this you need to remember you're trying to draw in people who don't fully agree with you.

[amzd@lemmy.world]

That’s just open source, not decentralized. I can’t find a definition of decentralization that would even make it vague. From Wikipedia:

Decentralization is the process by which the activities of an organization, particularly those related to planning and decision-making, are distributed or delegated away from a central, authoritative location or group and given to smaller factions within it.

Signal has a central authoritative server and to use it with any other server you have to modify the source code.

[jake_farm@sopuli.xyz]

They use a different protocol from the "fediverse".