Trillian is still there and still great
ComplexMoth@slrpnk.net 5 days ago
What do you lot use for group chats? For some reason my social circle decided facebook messenger is the goto. This could be the chance to get them off it. We’ve tried to setup a signal chat in the past, and there is some interest, but the lack of chat history deters new users. I don’t think we need that level of encryption going on.
Taleya@aussie.zone 3 days ago
MisterFrog@aussie.zone 4 days ago
There is chat history, you just have to back it up
ComplexMoth@slrpnk.net 4 days ago
Ah i meant history of what’s come before. When a new user joins, they just see a blank void, not a great first impression
MisterFrog@aussie.zone 3 days ago
Ahhh I see.
I mean, who’s reading the chat history anyway?
If you add someone to a chat you should say hello! Problem solved.
Further, people are already used to this with WhatsApp which functions on the same protocol (with Meta harvesting the metadata and connections of course)
Zagorath@aussie.zone 4 days ago
I also mostly use Facebook Messenger. In theory at least Messenger should be unaffected by this, since it’s a chat app, not “social media”. How that will play out in practice, with most Messenger accounts being tied to a Facebook account, is…unclear.
My other big chat app currently is Discord. I’ve recently started trying to convert one of my Discord groups onto Matrix. Matrix seems pretty good for this kind of thing. It can do one-on-one chats, group chats, and Discord-like “Spaces” with multiple different Rooms. For those less tech-inclined, just don’t explain any of the federation details, just go to matrix.org.
ComplexMoth@slrpnk.net 4 days ago
Cheers, I was thinking a Discord style platform would work well but don’t want to swap one closed system for another. Matrix looks good - with different rooms in spaces, public or invite only access, email only sign up. One issue with signal is also that everybody uses secretive usernames - not great for friendly neighbourhood community chats. But it looks like some Matrix clients have multi-account support, so that could fix that. Do you know if theres any sort of cap on user numbers? I’m envisioning around 50-150 users for events/requests/etc.
Zagorath@aussie.zone 3 days ago
The group I’m looking to migrate is much, much smaller than that, so it’s not something I’ve considered. But a quick search tells me that it should be fine with those numbers.