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Derek Ross
@Derek Ross
I’ve been using Signal for about ten years. In the beginning, it was just my wife and me. Then I added a few Android tech friends. Eventually, I convinced a few more friends to join, but most of them left after a while. Later, I got some family members to try it, though they barely used it.

Over time, I added more tech-savvy friends, then more local friends and family. Eventually, I started connecting with tons of online friends from Bitcoin Twitter and then Nostr. Even the friends and family who had left before came back. Now, Signal has become my main way of communicating with my family, several friend groups, and just about everyone except a few outlier RCS text chats.

My point is: it takes time for people to migrate from one app to another. It can take years before adoption really takes hold. Apps like White Noise and others will have the same journey. Keep using them. Don’t stop. You’re on the right path.
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ChipTuner · 29w
I'm not surprised you were able to get that many people (normies?) on Signal!
Drum Free Moses · 29w
Vision, courage, AND patience? 😄
kepford · 29w
Yep, adoption takes time. What I find funny is when I get notified about new people joining. Then the it happens again 4 years later. Then again 6 months later.
Siddh · 29w
I have been connected to you since day one but you have not. ☺️
Siddh · 29w
I have been connected to you since day one but you have not. ☺️
mar · 29w
most people I know use Facebook for messaging so they have no need for signal
Siddh · 29w
I have been connected to you since day one but you have not. ☺️
Bennu Breath 𓅣 · 29w
Great! Same here. I tried many private messaging apps with friends and family over the years. 'Surespot' for example was a good contender. But in the end it all shifted towards Signal. Very nice to have it in the mainstream ranks.
Camas Logue · 29w
Its the only way I communicate now on my phone! I was like well if you are my friend/family and you want to reach me this is the only way to do it :)
DigitWigth · 29w
Some years ago I left WhatsApp even for work. A few years later, all work groups migrated to signal due to safety and security concerns. (I did not had any part in promoting the migration). All international partners also migrated for related projects. It was not an organizational policy. A group of...
Ahi · 29w
Most effective draw to signal in my experience was creating a group which warns for traffic(raids). Need for privacy is self explanatory for most normies.
sey ᓭᑫᐧᐢᑎᑳᐧᐣ · 29w
This is why I am moving to Tox even though it is from the 90's lol Peer to Peer is GOLD!
BITKARROT · 29w
signal desktop was on aws just fyi; was driving me nuts last night lol
Christian · 29w
I'm from Norway and see the same development there, more and more of my friends are using Signal, which is great. There are probably several reasons for that, but one of them is that I have become unreachable on all other messaging platforms (except WhatsApp unfortunately)... Also, closest family me...
A · 29w
Is nostr:npub1whtn0s68y3cs98zysa4nxrfzss5g5snhndv35tk5m2sudsr7ltms48r3ec out of alpha?