• Zozano@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    3 months ago

    How I got everyone to use Signal:

    “The only messaging app I use is Signal, or you can send me an SMS”

    Even my Steam friends message me on Signal.

    Otherwise I just refer to alternatives as if it’s obvious.

    “Yeah I saw this meme on Lemmy which reminded me of you”

    “What’s Lemmy?”

    “It’s like Reddit but less corpo”

    “Cool”

    Sometimes when I’m drunk I’ll just install Tubular on peoples phones and tell them its YouTube but less shit.

    As for my Window-cucks, I’ll just send them Linux memes about how shit Windows is.

  • ThirdConsul@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    3 months ago

    I mean… Learn to write well, that would help too?

    You can increase that message readability by a lot simply by adding a dot.

    Communities are made of people.

It won't work if blablabla.
  • artyom@piefed.socialEnglish
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    3 months ago

    It’s a nice sentiment but I have tried many times. People just don’t care, and often they’ll laugh at and lambast you for even offering such a suggestion. Tinfoil hat, paranoia, etc.

    • TurkeyDurkey@piefed.worldEnglish
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      3 months ago

      It took a little while to figure it out. It doesn’t have to be everyone. Like you don’t have to get every person you know to switch. But make it clear that if somebody wants to contact you remotely, then that platform (for me Jabber) will be the only way. Besides email. If they decide not to join you, then they don’t want to contact you and they’ll probably hardly message.

      If somebody legitimately wants to contact you and wants to associate with you (be your friend), they will install an app. Just make sure the onboarding process is as simple as an air fryer. Don’t be a shy nerd about it either.

      EDIT: and yeah I agree nobody cares too much about privacy - all they really care about is reaching out to someone - but all my contacts know how much I care about privacy