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Hello Delta Chat, @npub1zgym...ekqk From the start of the recent protests in Iran, following the experience of the 12-day war between Iran and Israel and the experiences of the Aban 1398 (2019) and 1401 (2022-2023) protests, we knew widespread internet disruptions were coming. Earlier, active members of the free software community had set up internal Delta Chat relay servers on tiiiz.ir. Relying on that prior experience, we conducted practical user tests with general users to observe their interaction with the application. The result was clear: Delta Chat was far simpler for everyday users to understand and had a more intuitive interface compared to platforms like Matrix. That’s why, together with community members, we began producing educational content for Delta Chat. The goal was to prepare users as much as possible before Iran’s internet was completely severed and localized. image

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@npub1zgym...ekqk When the blackout hit, and after a day had passed, almost no access to the global internet remained—only very limited internal networks were active. Under those conditions, our public promotion and training efforts for using Delta Chat began. First, we had to create an environment where users could install and set up the application. We set up a local GitLab instance and uploaded the necessary files there. To share download links and installation guides, we used the (Jitsi Meet) platform—because in that situation, almost no other means of communication (even SMS) was stable or available. As many users joined the `tiiiz` server, it gradually began to slow down. We needed to move toward a decentralized architecture. So, with the collective cooperation of members, we encouraged the public to set up their own new servers. A simple, public server installation guide was posted on the main server, and gradually, one by one, new servers were added to the network. image