Post B6lluA4180zeGxyqWW by jdw@mathstodon.xyz
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 (DIR) Post #B6lluA4180zeGxyqWW by jdw@mathstodon.xyz
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       I'm realizing more and more how important decentralization really is. Thinking of Wikipedia of course, but also of Signal for example. Every community FLOSS project and perhaps every progressive project whatsoever should think about decentralization from the very beginning, especially with the growing authoritarianism we are facing right now. It's just so much easier to kill a centralized project than a decentralized one.I worked years on bringing everyone to Signal and now telling everyone to move on to e.g. @delta won't be easy. But I guess it's better to start now than when it's too late…
       
 (DIR) Post #B6lluAKK9O2N5XbrwO by Ooze@wirejunkie.net
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       @jdw @delta Who are the people behind delta? There is no about on their pages.
       
 (DIR) Post #B6lluAZDG1wlpiZl9E by delta@chaos.social
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       @Ooze @jdw a lot is visible in the public github repositories, and there are 3-4 people regularly talking at conferences. Other than that, many contributors are not interested to be listed explicitly or appear in an about page.
       
 (DIR) Post #B6mKbKv02mgOpaWOmW by jdw@mathstodon.xyz
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       @delta @Ooze There's also some info about funding here https://delta.chat/en/help#how-are-delta-chat-developments-funded (and the FAQ are generally interesting). There are also some of the talks @delta mentioned available online, for example this one from 2023 in English: https://media.ccc.de/v/camp2023-57191-delta_chat_messenger