I really struggle with so boild down posts as Signal, Threema and Matrix are the three that get mentioned a lot lately, but they aren't equally easy to use, nor is their feature set equal.
For example: in terms of data privacy I would rate them Matrix, Threema, Signal. In terms of usability and ease of use Signal, Threema, Matrix. Also Matrix works more like a business chat replacement (e.g. for slack, teams, ...).
Using all three actively, I often get the feeling that recommendations are not based on the needs of the people the recommendation is made for. 99.99% of the users just want to have a messaging App without instances and login procedure. And I'm quite sure a vast part of those using Lemmy are already in the remainder that know about Matrix 😅
Es heißt ja schon lange, dass die Logistik Kriege gewinnt. Das betrifft natürlich auch die Wartung und im Fall der Ukraine muss die Logistik und Wartung von vielen unterschiedlichen komplizierten Systemen realisiert werden.
Und ja, es ist bezeichnet, dass z.B. die ukrainsche Bohdana (die auf einem anderen Niveau ist) auf mehreren Arten (elektrisch, hydraulisch und manuell/mechanisch) bedient werden kann, falls mal etwas zerstört wird.
Es wirkt einfach als wären da unterschiedliche Philosophien auf Basis unterschiedlicher Vorraussetzungen und Strukturen am Werk.
In my opinion the previous generation (seen at a friend's place) had a better build quality, and this gen has (some by now known) weakspots, but I assume later generations have fixed them by now.
I'm rocking them since year, they are really comfy with glasses.
In a meeting you get break away rooms, where little teams can form and work. The instances has a place for any country, where people can exchange their ideas. They can then come together in a meta community like buyFromEU/buyEuropean . I like that idea very much.
The European domain and European breakway room has some appeal and might meet the zeitgeist.
Actually I've proposed the same to some admins but didn't follow through.
Yea. I've seen that.
In my opinion the person bringing content into the community has the responsibility to make something meaningful with it. E.g. start a conversation or get information and engage with the people.
If you're just adding links, thats fine, too. In the end, links are a way to bring attention to something worthy or funny.
I can only speak for my experience, but cross posting works best if OP does it. That way he gets notified about responses.
Second best is, if someone cross posts content to discuss it with people he shares a community with. In that case reposter should make clear where the original content comes from and that he is not OP. That way informed readers can choose to answer in the community of their liking.
I mean a little sharepic with three columns, nothing fancy or bloated.
X → Mastodon (logos)
Insta → Pixelfeld (logos)
Reddit → Lemmy (logo)
In each of the columns not more than three small bullet points.
Preferably the first one "Install xyz" and the second one "hit explore" followed by a graphically detached third one "Join the network" or "learn more". Don't even dare to mention servers or federation or instances and AcitivityPub.
Monetarization and politics aside, he got some valid points surrounding usability, ease of use and content.
The majority of the fediverse project's fail at onboarding user with simplicity. Modern third party clients (mastodon, pixelfeld, lemmy aswell) do that better, even par excellence. But if we keep referring people to websites with server lists, we'll lose them at that point already.
Federation and lengthy explanations (wall of texts) and tutorials (sorry @blaze@feddit.nl) are no selling-point for everybody. It caters the nerd in us, but average joe is not a nerd but a simple user with little interest for these details. You could better refer them to an App that works without account and say: hit the explore button to see communities/contents/hashtags (what ever drives the particular network).
In my opinion the old principle KISS (keep it stupid simple) is what needs to be followed, so we cann pull people in.
Companies also use Threema for secure company chat. But again, my point was: Matrix is not the solution to any use case. That simple.