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So I'm not going to completely pull the plug on either #Bitmessage or #Twister yet, but neither one seems to have much personal interaction going on*, so I expect to greatly reduce the time and effort invested in either one.
Twister is full of feed repeaters, but not much actual person-to-person conversation. Meanwhile, it can be months between incoming messages on Bitmessage. Be aware that the !Bitmessage #GNU_Social group broadcast address (BM-2cThQovMpBKcomn5xbLKZdT63CcnmAUC1k) is only functional when my client is connected, which is only intermittently with the current #hotel_inet situation. It is probably a good idea to use the group public address (BM-2cSmr7ACeZ2jVEdXAEHxAgr7jyhv1herKv) instead.
* As observed over a reasonable time period.
- n2admin and mcscx repeated this.
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@harmlessgryphon It doesn't seem as high in actual use.
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Of course there are a lot of RSS feeds, e.g. by me, check yourself:
https://loadaverage.org/url/3274759
All rubbish, all here on GNUsocial? Of course the real persons behind these feeds are on Twitter, we love sooo much.
Leaving because of too few users is a self fulfilling prophecy.
I always recomment GNUsocial and Twister to NGOs. But they stare on reach only. They do not mind centralized aka vulnerable structures.
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It isn't the presence of feed repeaters. It is the signal to noise ratio (actual people to autoposters) and my very limited INET access in the various hotels in #Louisiana. #hotel_inet / #hotel_wifi / #hotspot all too intermittent and too slow.
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@gargron @vegos Yes, NGOs need reach, but if that's all they look for, they are always behind the audience. Their media people need to experiment with various sites and software or they'll be sitting on MySpace and Friendster when the rest of the world has moved on to something else.
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A lot of folks preferred to switch to Zeronet, so the ratio changed. But we got some and may get new users with the next updated window package. Report technical problems to Miguel. I don't know, how the whole thing works e.g. with mobile phones. But I remember a guy who visited Berlin and had no problems to run Twister on his laptop via WLAN I guess. I personally use a desktop PC and will never use wireless stuff: https://loadaverage.org/url/3282962 Theoretically I could ignore EMF, pesticides and other stuff that affects our health. I'm 62 and gone in 10 to 20 years. I could shit on alternative networks too. But I still like to imagine a better world.