Sev,
@Sev@feddit.uk avatar

Trying to replace reddit on PC but this place still isn’t great for gaming and wrestling and niche games i’m currently into. I do enjoy it on my phone though, also tagged back in Somethingawful on my phone also for some nice reading of some classic threads and PYF stuff.

Other than that, no need to replace anything otherwise :)

Mugmoor,
@Mugmoor@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

I have been on SA a bunch lately too. 13 years later and I still don’t understand FYAD.

Sev,
@Sev@feddit.uk avatar

Same, but get a good thread or two under your belt and you’re hooked. I’m currently reading about some fellow Englishman building a new house and it’s very good with the humor and photos: ‘Towards an L shape architecture: a ham flavoured soakaway system’

Give it a read, funny shit so far.

darcy,
@darcy@sh.itjust.works avatar

reddit+instagram -> lemmy 🤑

AndreTelevise,
@AndreTelevise@kbin.social avatar

Out of the open platforms, I use:
Reddit: Lemmy, Beehaw, Kbin
Twitter: Mastodon, Calckey
Facebook: idk nothing really plus I don't even use Facebook that much anymore

I may occasionally use proprietary ones like Twitter, Tumblr and Threads.

mitexleo,
@mitexleo@kbin.social avatar

Beehaw is also lemmy !

Kolanaki,
@Kolanaki@yiffit.net avatar

I only ever used Reddit. Now I’m here.

Unless you count Steam Friends and actual text messages sent via SMS as social media.

grasib,

Around 2005 Europeans used SMS quite often while the US didn’t seem to use it at all. Then a few years later it was all done by WhatsApp since it was more or less for free. And now we’re having blue/green bubble discussions.

Have we gone full circle and are using actual SMS again?

miles,
@miles@kbin.social avatar

ive had this discussion with a few different people actually, and at least from where im standing, it does seem like sms is making a comeback. i have to admit i prefer it when it comes to messaging people i know irl

evolve,

Currently SMS is an insecure system, hence the value of using an encrypted messaging protocol.

So yeah SMS as it currently stands is not a great default way to be having private conversations.

Kolanaki, (edited )
@Kolanaki@yiffit.net avatar

Even if someone got into my messages, I wouldn’t be hurt by it. Not like I’m trying to overthrow a government or do crime or anything. They might see my butthole. Good for them, I say. More people should be looking at my butthole.

Do you guys also get super paranoid about being recorded when out in public? “We can’t talk here! They have eyes and ears everywhere!” Just what are you talking about where you need everything to be encrypted? 🤨

grasib,

You have nothing to hide, right?

nemesis_aorta,

Just what are you talking about where you need everything to be encrypted? 🤨

Nothing specifically. It’s just none of anyone’s business. Privacy is a human right and not something for criminals only.

Kolanaki,
@Kolanaki@yiffit.net avatar

I agree with that last part; but why would someone be trying to get my text messages in the first place? There’s nothing there. I’m not holding any secrets of value to anyone for any reason. So there’s no reason for me to have crazy levels of security.

nemesis_aorta,

It doesn’t matter if you think a thing holds no value or not. You might be doing something that is currently legal and socially accepted, that on a whim could turn into the worst crime ever. Why would you give Facebook or whoever information that you did it? Why do they need to know? E2EE is obviously something that is doing its job in keeping people free from surveillance or otherwise governments wouldn’t try to ban it.

TL;DR: You are better off keeping as much as possible to yourself in general.

Edit: typos

neshamon,

TL;DR: You’re better off leaving behind a thinner data trail than not.

This is a valid argument, but then again the same could be said of much of any other data collection done by big tech companies.

The value isn’t so much as in individual pieces of data or even in an individual person’s data but rather the aggregation of many individuals’ data in order to make maybe a pointed marketing campaign, sell such data to shady advertisers and scammers, or stuff it into some AI model.

I would think in specific situations, the data of an individual person may matter. Like when the government asks a tech company for data whether with good or bad intentions. But that one seems to happen less often as far as I’m aware.

Overall, you can think of it as risk management. It’s hard to know all the situations in which the data you leave behind would be relevant. But one thing we can know is that for some reason, these huge corporations are spending billions of dollars a year in order to collect it, and lots of it. If it wasn’t a viable strategy, they probably would’ve stopped a while ago.

miles,
@miles@kbin.social avatar

ideally id be using signal but hardly anyone is willing to use it because most people don't care. between sms & something owned by meta, for example, im not entirely sure which is less bad

jackpot,
@jackpot@lemmy.ml avatar

ew sms please use signal

SeeJayEmm,
@SeeJayEmm@lemmy.procrastinati.org avatar

Not the one you replied to but, I would if I could. I have like 3 friends on signal. Can’t get anyone to move.

GlowingLantern,
@GlowingLantern@feddit.de avatar

Matrix is the best Messenger/Discord replacement, because you can still bridge content to other services, if they don’t want to switch to Matrix. Plus, it’s distributed like XMPP or ActivityPub so you can self-host, use different providers and apps.

Edit: Lemmy also uses Matrix for encrypted DMs

Sikeen,
@Sikeen@lemmy.ml avatar

Lemmy also uses Matrix for encrypted DMs

that’s sick! didn’t know that, oughta check that out then. is there anywhere they discuss/explain that?

GlowingLantern,
@GlowingLantern@feddit.de avatar

It’s not fully integrated in the sense that you can use your Lemmy account to message over Matrix. Rather, you can add your existing Matrix handle to your profile and then a fancy “Send Secure Message” button is displayed under your profile, which just links to your Matrix account. I like the simplicity of it, as it leaves the security aspects to apps and services that have considerably more resources than Lemmy has at the moment (Element and Matrix are being used and improved by different governments, militaries, and other organisations).

EDIT: Element has started using Rust for their back-end implementation, so maybe Lemmy can use that library one day as well.

Sikeen,
@Sikeen@lemmy.ml avatar

still really cool tho - them integrating other open standard

mojo,

Really just use Lemmy, Mastodon, and Element. I keep Discord installed because all my irl friends use it. I don’t interact with any servers on it anymore though, just DM friends.

Muetzenman,
@Muetzenman@feddit.de avatar

Reddit with Lemmy and WhatsApp with Signal. I still use Reddit and WhatsApp but i would miss out on to much if i cut the ties. I have LinkedIn but i’m not really using it. Does YouTube count as social media?

MigratingtoLemmy,

It’s time to use session over Signal

d00phy,

I never got anyone to use Signal!

MigratingtoLemmy,

I would use session with people I meet on the internet. For my family, they are too entrenched in other chat services for me to be able to move. When I root my mobile I will put these apps in the workspace.

jackpot,
@jackpot@lemmy.ml avatar

why

MigratingtoLemmy,

Even more secure and private. Works with session keys instead of mobile numbers like Signal.

jackpot,
@jackpot@lemmy.ml avatar

is it widely used? how long would it take to decrypt then

MigratingtoLemmy,

What does that mean? You want to decrypt messages from Session and compare it to how much time it takes to decrypt messages on Signal?

jackpot,
@jackpot@lemmy.ml avatar

yeah

Crudman,

Lemmy fulfills a sort of reddit/more intimate internet forum thing. Reddit’s real social good was fixing shitty search engine results by using Reddit as a keyword, and for centralizing a lot of hobbyist discussion. Lemmy and the lemmylikes will get there as the platform matures.

I’m loving pixelfed as a sort of Imgur substitute tbh. Quick and easy image hosting for when I post on here. Not crazy about Instagram as a social media platform so there’s nothing I need pixelfed to do besides let me host medium-sized images, caption them and copy the link.

themadcodger,
@themadcodger@kbin.social avatar

For imgur check out Catbox. I haven't used it person, but it might be closer to imgur than pixelfed which is supposed to be an IG replacement.

PrivateNoob,

I feel that currently Lemmy may be less web searcheable compared to Reddit, since the domain names aren’t consistent. I mean not every instance’s domain’s are named with lemmy. sopuli.xyz, programming.dev, technics, reddthat etc. I haven’t tested it tho.

SlovenianSocket,
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Someone that is good with SEO could create a read-only instance that federates with every available instance to help with that

Lolors17,

Reddit - Lemmy Discord/Signal/WhatsApp - Matrix Twitter - Mastodon Instagram - Pixelfed

FakeJake,
@FakeJake@fr3diver.se avatar

Check out Pixelfed for an Instagram replacement. Seems to fill the same sort of use case

renlok,

I’ve tried it but the content is more like what Flickr used to be it’s all artistic photography, which I guess is fine if that’s what you’re into but I couldn’t find much else.

hddsx,

Facebook - None Messenger - Signal Discord - Discord Twitter - N/A Instagram - None Skype / Zoom - Discord / Teams

jackpot,
@jackpot@lemmy.ml avatar

Revolt is foss discord, teams should be replacwd but depends on your use case

hddsx,

It took my until this year to finally disable my Facebook account - my Instagram has been disabled for a while. If it stays disabled for at least six months, I’ll finally delete it.

Why? It’s very hard to convince friends from around the world to all switch platforms when there is no major draw and most people are NOT on the new platform.

I don’t like Zoom or Teams, but there are cases in which you are forced to do so in order to interact remotely with certain customers or businesses.

It took months and multiple people to convince one of my more tech savvy friends to switch to signal.

Sure, I can make the switch. But is it worth the hassle?

baronvonjace,

Reddit - Lemmy Discord - Matrix Texting - Signal/RCS Twitter - Mastodon

DumbAceDragon,
@DumbAceDragon@sh.itjust.works avatar

I tried Tumblr as a replacement for reddit for a while, but I’m just not really cut out for microblogging, so I came to lemmy.

fruitywelsh,

Discord -> Element(matrix) is my go to

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