"...It's very easy to set up and maintain an instance..."

A thing unironically said

My god techies can be so hopeless sometimes. If anyone's struggled to get their friends and family through the most mundane of tasks, they understand immediately why Facebook is still so popular. It's not just because of network effects. You literally only need to know how to type your name, email, and phone

Tech savviness is a barrier to communication as it is. Let's not add more on top

I can agree so much with the inconsistencies and barriers analysed in @dgold's #IndieWeb critique - I've hosted my own website for several years now, but seriously still can't tell whether tech nerds would say I qualify to be part of the IndieWeb or not 🙃

In 2021, IndieWeb is finally over. It will disintegrate, though we will find some of it's modules, principles, and ideals among new technologies and tools. Keeping an eye on #Gemini ♊, #WriteFreely 📓, #Yunohost 📠...

https://lipu.dgold.eu/praxis-indieweb.html

@dgold works on my client (regular Mastodon web interface) :)

New blog post: "Products vs Protocols: What Signal got right"
https://snikket.org/blog/products-vs-protocols/

This extended version of @mattj@mastodon.technology's recent #FOSDEM talk explores the thinking behind Snikket, and what #XMPP and #decentralized protocols can learn from #Signal's success.

@matt Super nicely written, thank you! If friends of mine ever will join Matrix, I'll make sure to send this to them 😊

The Online Conference Has Been Liberated: #FOSDEM has shown the enormous scalability of #FOSS. Impressive! Read
https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2021/feb/08/just-say-no-to-zoom/ by @conservancy@mastodon.technology

Zu Mines "Unfall" WhatsApp löschen - C'est fini ✅ ✨
#DeleteWhatsApp :awesome:

@solene Thank you! 😊