Happy #GlobalSwitchDay

[jackbydev@programming.dev]

Could the software selection be more diverse?

Not if you want people to actually consider switching instead of feeling overwhelmed and confused.

[jackbydev@programming.dev]

You think email's UI is only "slightly" different than the UI of chats? I disagree very strongly. The two are extremely different. Email is this weird amalgamation of messages and forums depending on how your client and everyone in the email thread is using it. You can have arbitrarily styling in messages. You can send messages to whoever whenever. Chats are much more focused and linear by comparison.

[jackbydev@programming.dev]

Psst, OP included Signal in this post which isn't federated at all, so the argument of Bluesky not being "federated as much as they pretend to" is a bit irrelevant.

[walrusdragononabike@reddthat.com]

Agreed most others wouldn't use email as a replacement for casual chat, but its always seemed like an arbitrary choice. So many people waste so much space in emails because they treat them like letters, so the biggest difference seems to be the culture around them rather than the medium itself. If people formatted all text messages as

"Hello Dear Friend,

Here is stuff to waste space.

Here's what I actually want to say.

More extra stuff.

Sincerely,
Walrus"

I doubt we would see that much of a difference between them.

[flyingsquid@lemmy.world]

Unfortunately, I don't know a single person who uses Friendica, and that is also, unfortunately, self-defeating because there's no way I could convince them to go without more than just me using it.

[fxomt@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

If only there was a website that helps you choose, instead of inclining users to just use lemmy and only lemmy.world anyway. (also with mastodon and mastodon.social).

Overall i think more software choices are great but you are right in that it could repel users

[zerocool@slrpnk.net]

For the avid readers out there, bookwyrm is a fantastic alternative to goodreads.

https://bookwyrm.social/about

[secret300@lemmy.sdf.org]

Ye no shit but I replied to a comment not the post. There's already 5 comments saying that

[qwerty@discuss.tchncs.de]

Bro put citations in his lemmy comment

[fundmecfsresearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

Yes it’s excellent!

[fundmecfsresearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

Here’s a link you can use to share this post with your friends. The default share link makes you have to click to see the picture and many users will be confused and not click it.

https://photon.lemmy.world/post/lemmy.world/24984716

[victorz@lemmy.world]

Thank you for this! Bookmarked this post, downloaded the image, sent it to all my friends. Love you!

[ekzepp@lemmy.world]

Ah. I see...

[victorz@lemmy.world]

I wish more people did that ngl

[fundmecfsresearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

Apparently it makes a good RSS feed aggregator if nothing else.

[reloadphawphaw@pawb.social]

SimpleX chat is pretty wild and untraditional (no user IDs), people should give it try.

[nickwithac@lemmy.world]

Don't worry, your successor isn't offering anything big. You'll still be around for many more days to come.

[fxomt@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

It's cool, thought people should still be wary of it since it's new and backed by VC.

I'd give it a little more until i switch fully to it, but it 100% is better than WA.

[ruplicant@sh.itjust.works]

thanks for the pic, it's good to share with friends who are curious!

[punkisundead@slrpnk.net]

To me this person sounds like they have too many big projects at once. I wish them success tho