Subj : Re: the offline way..
To   : Matthew Asham
From : August Abolins
Date : Thu Aug 28 2025 19:30:35

--- Original Message ---
From: Matthew Asham
Date: 2025-08-28 02:07:10
Subject: Re: the offline way..

> Not to mention Mastodon as a potential option!  For what it's worth, there is something to be said about the independence of a distributed network like FTN and even being wide open offers its own form of 'security' - in a different sense of the word.

But Mastadon is so bloated and needs a lot of resources. I stopped using it on my desktop for that reason. Same with Discord.


> But Telegram sure is pretty.  

The Telegram/Fido project is notable. It presents fido messages in a chat style, but the whole system works very smoothly.

> Just wanted to mention I've been browsing some of the echoareas with my new BinktermPHP web app.  It's responsive and displays messages pretty well on my phone.  If you'd like to test it please register over on my test system @ https://mypoint.lovelybits.org.  

I have joined your system to try it. Seems to work well. Inline editing and quoting is doable. But w

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