Digitalprimate

Hey, if they get traction, it’s a start.

You can also search for “starter packs” of helpful people to follow in whatever you are interested in, e.g., history, cooking, overthrowing the government, etc.

Great. Now how do I get them to delete my data and account?

This is a good answer and probably the right solution (still not 100% convinced defederating isn’t, ultimately, going to be the answer though).

But your Jane/Joe Average User doesn’t look to see which instance that pr0n cute picture of a cat holding a teddy bear is on. They probably don’t even understand the concept of different instances showing content from others. Hell I’ve been online since 1992 and it took me a couple of days to get my head around it when I joined.

So I think we need some kind of step by step “If you see X, then do Y” sticked to the instances that care about this for the people who (like me) do care about this issue.

Not OP but can I just comment that there are some high-quality answers here, good discussion. Thanks!

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Don’t have anything to contribute, but saving this post for its very useful content!

There are already cryptocurrency features in the Signal app of dubious utility.

Yeah, that was a bizarre move, but it doesn’t interfere or interoperate with any of its comms functions. Also I have never even read online about anyone using this crypto feature, let alone known any one who did.

If they love you they will download an app for you. And it’s important to keep in mind that most modern mobile OSes will stop showing notifications from an app or even hide the app if the users doesn’t open it after X amount of time.

So it’s up to you to keep the conversation alive enough they get used to using it. If my 83 year old father can, so can your friends.