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Signal is centralised and most certainly NOT part of the fediverse
this meme is sending the wrong signal
Yeah, this is more about getting away from the centralised / commercial / corporate / commodified / compromised / etc -verse.
What do we call that side of social media anyway?
It would be nice to have a term to sum it all up. Because for a lot of people it's just the water they're in - they don't think about it, because it's default/mainstream. They don't even consider that they have a choice.
Kind of like, but not really, how the term cis makes people confront that they have a label, even if they don't think about it.
What is suggested alternative?
probably matrix. it's decentralised, but not with the same protocol as the other things in the list. which makes sense, instant messaging is not social media.
My friends and family use Briar. It is without a question the most secure, most private option.
briar is great, but i don't think any of these services are really recommended for their privacy. rather, it's ease of switching. doesn't briar require in-person verification?
You can add at a distance. You can also "introduce" two contacts to each other. There's also forums and groups you can create or join.
IRC
But IRC is also centralized. You don't peer/chat between servers?
XMPP then