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Global Swtich Day - Join The Fediverse (articles.vex.blue)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Do you guys have suggestions on how to encourage my contacts to migrate from that bloody whatsapp into Signal and/or Element? I bloody hate Meta, I hate everything it stands for, I call it "Merda" (shit) not without a reason, and yet I need to use their shite because everyone uses it, including my family.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

All you can do is check their interest and inform them. And switch yourself. Make yourself less available on the platform you are avoiding.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The single most common excuse for not shifting to the Fediverse has been in my experience, "I can't leave because everyone is still there." I've been ~~dragging~~ encouraging people to move towards Signal and the Fediverse for years now. Gentle persistence appears to be the way.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That's exactly what I'm getting, too - the "collective action" problem Doctorow talks about. I managed to make a single person use it alongside WhatsApp, and... that's it.

I'm trying to remember how people migrated from ICQ to MSN Messenger to WhatsApp.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

One of my friends uses it with me. I got my wife to install it and she'll get my signal message and text me back.