cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/28130979
I think it's crazy that an art sub is more popular than an art forum.
I suppose it's the low barrier. People are already on Reddit and thus join the subreddits.
We have a great opportunity with the Fediverse here to replace them.
Let's do that and get more people to join the Fediverse!
But many people don't want to have everything completely public, even if privacy is a illusion there.
We have to accept that and provide a solution for both.
As a result, I am just asking follow-on questions to further discern what makes Element preferable.
If you are against a change in the first place you won't switch, anyway.
There are people who love them, but when people ask about them, they don't offer any really informative data to support why they like them.
Please, ask.
What makes Element (matrix) a secure platform, and how does that differ from telegram or signal or whatever. Like. What is matrix good at? That's what I'm asking. Why suggest it over something else?
Simple. It's fully free and open source. The server as well as the apps. Therefore, you can trust it as a privacy friendly solution a heck of a lot more, than any other solution like WhatsApp.
Signal is secure as well, but the server is centralized.
And Telegram is not considered secure because of their implementation and shady practices.
I haven't had that many problems with bots on Reddit.
Isn't there anything in friendica or diaspora like that?
Discourse seems the most modern, but not sure if it is open
It's fully open source.
let alone federated.
It's still experimental but they are working on it.
That's a good argument. But shouldn't we then promote FOSS solutions like Perplexica?
What can we do to get more people to switch over to Lemmy from Reddit?
What do you think is the reason why not a lot more people are joining the fediverse?
Isn't there any solution for that yet?
Can we actively do something to help this process?