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Lyn Alden
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People convinced me to move to Signal, and then to Nostr.

Then they said Bluesky and Threads which I have resisted. I can't be everywhere.

Now they are saying Simplex.

I'm on Twitter, Email, Signal, Nostr, Whatsapp, and DMs.

Give me the Simplex case. Make this Herpes-adjacent name sound good to me. Is there critical mass there? Should my scrambled attention start to spend some time there? Tell me.
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Ocean · 140w
Before joining simplex, you may want to prepare yourself accordingly with my simple guide: preparationH
Patoshi · 140w
No Not too much dispersion let's concentrate effort and attention on the above mentioned will be more productive.
Jack⚡️ · 140w
They are going to change the name btw. Can confirm. https://twitter.com/SimpleXChat/status/1681063275654512640?s=20
Tess · 140w
lol. I can relate Lyn. Must focus on my btcpay server. Not enough time to engage in all this new apps.
Short Fiat · 140w
Threads is a definite no no
PastorGary · 140w
As a pastor who loves Bitcoin and has been debanked twice this is certainly a journey. It seems to be a constant move in the right direction
Jameson Lopp · 140w
🤣 herpes-adjacent 😏 I knew there was something off about the name but couldn't put my finger on it.
Son of Vin 🍷 · 140w
LOL. Guessing radio tech isn't something you're into. Think the name comes from one to one radio communications. 🤷‍♂️
bitjoon · 140w
Herpes-adjacent 😂😂😂 Let the answer come to you instead of you trying to find the answer.
Seth · 140w
The captains stack: Bitcoin Nostr SImpleX The three amigos require no identity verification, technically
David Pinkerton · 140w
https://void.cat/d/SpWJN4vqhrVDn1bVh2ukWA.webp
nixb · 140w
Cool thing about Nostr is run your own relay https://github.com/aljazceru/awesome-nostr
primo6711 · 140w
Never heard of it
BaleNorge · 140w
Get a DNA testing for HSV
nostrich · 140w
https://t.me/+ChJIbHDshJU4MTI8
Moton · 140w
The biggest pro is no phone number is needed to use it
fiatbad · 140w
I love your content no matter it is found. I gravitate to Nostr because of how important decentralized media is. But I share your concerns about the constant competition. Wouldn't it be nice if every app, and every service just used Nostr to login, and all the world's communication was done via N...
Systemling32 · 140w
For me simplex fills an important gap because I don’t want to hand out my phone number to everyone so that they can contact me on signal. With simplex you can start messaging without sharing anything about your identity. Also you don’t have to trust Signal not to collect metadata.
Mike Staub · 140w
Too early for simplex
Uhu · 140w
Simplex works great, I'd love to replace WhatsApp for it. Don't see any real advantage of WhatsApp beyond Battery usage. Biggest use case for Simplex is kids, need no Sim or phone number and has absolutely 0 spam cause nobody can contact you without you giving them link first. I guess criminals w...
JL · 140w
Do check out https://www.securemessagingapps.com
proximus · 140w
Not yet. They are like a ghost town atm. Nostr is better!
remyers · 140w
So did they pick the name because of their technical architecture of one-way relays (simplex instead of duplex)? or the viral nature of the said named socially transmitted virus as an analogy for how people share their links to the app?
Big Barry Bitcoin · 140w
SimpleX isnt social media. Use it whenever you want to chat p2p or if there are groups you want to join. That is all.
brunodesmonts · 140w
What about telegram or discord ?
fmar · 140w
AFAIK it's the holy grail of cypherpunk privacy communication tool. nostr:npub1sn0wdenkukak0d9dfczzeacvhkrgz92ak56egt7vdgzn8pv2wfqqhrjdv9 would have probably used nostr:npub1exv22uulqnmlluszc4yk92jhs2e5ajcs6mu3t00a6avzjcalj9csm7d828 if it existed at the time.
Less than time · 140w
I am not technical enough to understand exactly what’s happening under the hood of any of those but from listening to people I trust I have built the following hierarchy for myself: 1. Simplex - for very infrequent messages to small select group of close contacts. 2. Signal - Daily general chat fr...
bennibtc · 140w
as far as I know (correct me if I am wrong) nostrdms + vpn: who writes who and how much = known to everyone pseudonymously, what is writen= unknown simplex: who writes who and how much= unknown, what is writen= unknown whatsapp, twitter, email: all = known to elon, zuck, bill etc and their s...
nym · 140w
https://m.primal.net/HGmA.mp4
Derek Ross · 140w
SimpleX doesn't have large user adoption at this time, but it's private and decentralized communication. In that regard it's better than WhatsApp or Signal. I'm a Signal user, but trying to get friends and family to switch over and stop using Signal just for that one simple use case.
MartianX · 140w
Communication must be private, data must not be centralized. Signal has a centralized server and requires a phone number . Whatapps secretly records you. Simplex is totally decentralized, no phone and identity required. You can run your own simplex server, you can't do that with signal and whatsapp...
devsou.com · 140w
Guys, you need to understand the root of the problem. No matter what software you use, the hardware has to come first. I'm more worried about getting rid of Android and such sim cards.
PixelBob · 140w
I run simplex, however I haven't recommended it to anyone yet. Very low user base. Not sure how reliable/usable as a daily chat app for normies
richtig & wichtig · 140w
Check: https://securemessagingapps.com and rate the security 🟩=3 🟨=1 🟥=0 Results: 1. Threema = 85 2. Session = 79 3. Signal = 77 4. Wickr (Amazon) = 62 5. Element / Matrix = 59 6. WhatsApp = 34 7. Telegram = 29 8. Apple iMessage = 25 9. Facebook Messenger = 25 Threema over 11 Mio. ...
mosh✳️ · 139w
iMessage, Email, Nostr, Simplex and an existing everything app that combines (⚡️+Nostr+Simpex) called Flom.