Subj : 2038: still be running a
To   : Arelor
From : Mariposa
Date : Sun Mar 28 2021 14:47:54

  Re: 2038: still be running a
  By: Arelor to Mariposa on Sun Mar 28 2021 07:06:58

 >  > Ugh, I hate Discord myself too. I usually try to encourage people to use
 >  > XMP since it's federated, can be made mostly private, and most clients
 >  > support end-to-end encryption. But my daughter uses Discord anyway much
 >  > to my chagri Thankfully I've gotten almost all of my immediate family
 >  > using XMPP, so a sm success!
 >
 >  > Now if I can only get them using the BBS too...
 >
 > Groups of friends and relatives usually have less of a need for running
 > forum or forum-like software, and that is mostly what BBS are nowadays:
 > telnet or
 > SSH forums with doors thrown in.

Although they do use social networking sites for much of these functions. That's why it'd be nice to nudge them in a different, more "local" (in a regional, familial, or friend circle sense) direction. I don't know that a BBS is necessarily the right place for that, but they were darn good meeting places back in the day.

 > I used to be flexible and opt into the platforms my friends use, because the
 > alternative was to be left stranded out of a social group. I discovered
 > that, by doing so, I ended up suffering the penalties of running crappy
 > spywarey software, but I didn't get meaningful social or business results.
 > So I opted out. I may use this filthy tech for specific reasons but I am
 > certainly not loading them in any of my main devices anymore.

Same here. I do my best to avoid any privacy disrespecting service or closed source software. While I have to be a bit flexible with regard to phones for now, I'm still hopeful for practical Linux phone in the future. The PinePhone is almost there, but still rough around the edges.

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