I have installed around ten apps to stay in touch with my contacts. My preferred one is still @Signal, despite an issue I discovered yesterday. I recently tried Delta Chat (@Delta Chat ) and found it simple, with a clean and pleasant interface. Lately, I’ve been thinking about starting a group chat for practicing German. I even created a Matrix group, but now I’m wondering if Delta Chat might be a simpler option. #DeltaChat #Signal #decentralization

I've been using @Signal as my main communication app with family, friends and other contacts for about 10 years. Should I consider using @The Matrix.org Foundation more often? #Signal #AWS #technofascism #Matrix

My impression is that the posts I make about more technical topics tend to get the most interaction here on the #Fediverse. I don’t often post about my daily work as a software developer, but I truly wish decentralized social media will succeed. In my view, that will only happen if non tech-savvy people join... and stay. I have a wide range of interests: science, philosophy, society, history, politics, cinema, music, and so on. Yet, I often feel it’s hard to find people here who focus on these areas. Take #science or #journalism, for example. Many scientists and journalists have joined Mastodon at some point, but when you visit their profiles, you often see that they haven’t posted in years. Should we blame them for deciding, say, to move to #Bluesky instead of staying here and talking mostly to the dominant (tech-oriented) group? I don’t think so. I’d really love to meet and exchange ideas with more people interested in these topics from different perspectives, especially beyond the tech world. That’s something I enjoy doing in real life too, in a society whose language I’m still learning. #philosophy #history #politics #music #society #decentralization