[HN Gopher] Signal outage is keeping messages from sending
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       Signal outage is keeping messages from sending
        
       Author : ismailegilmez
       Score  : 22 points
       Date   : 2021-01-16 19:42 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (www.theverge.com)
        
       | lrvick wrote:
       | Remember this is a centralized service, and all centralized
       | services are doomed to fail for short periods or forever.
       | 
       | If you believe control of the world's communications should be
       | open and distributed, I suggest supporting Matrix instead.
        
       | seba_dos1 wrote:
       | Maybe the ecosystem was moving too fast.
        
       | bjoli wrote:
       | Are you guys still experiencing trouble? I have had zero issues
       | since this morning (central European time). There might be some
       | delays that are longer than usual, but never longer than say 4-5
       | seconds.
        
         | akvadrako wrote:
         | Yes, I'm still getting messages that don't decrypt properly
         | sometimes.
        
       | enraged_camel wrote:
       | Anyone have good experience with their desktop client? I
       | downloaded it and linked it, but it is refusing to import my
       | contact list. Seems very janky overall (crashed twice in 10
       | mins).
        
         | sjagoe wrote:
         | I use it without any trouble on Linux and Windows.
        
       | leipert wrote:
       | Large discussion from yesterday:
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25793483
       | 
       | Please remember that they are non-profit and consider to donate:
       | https://signal.org/donate/
        
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