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I've been using snapchat for about a year now (snap score over 10k btw) and it surprised me how many friends use it as their main messaging app.

A federated snapchat that you could host and invite friends, with a good/secure mobile app that is easy to use would be a game changer!

#fediverse #activitypub #snapchat

21 Aug 2021 at 12:42 | Open on mastodon.social
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TechnicallyPossible

@dansup I'd love to see something like this built upon Briar but I'm not sure that would scale well with an increasing amount of users/followers

21 Aug 2021 at 12:43 | Open on chaos.social
Григорий Клюшников

Interesting. I do have it installed but I open it maybe once a month, if that. 99% of my messaging is through Telegram and VK 🤔

21 Aug 2021 at 14:36
Григорий Клюшников

Though Snapchat's UX does rely heavily on client-side limitations. It won't be very possible to reproduce in a federated way.

21 Aug 2021 at 14:38
Sukotai

@dansup
God bless SMS, the only universal messenger that everybody can use.
All other messengers make me crazy

21 Aug 2021 at 14:45 | Open on mastodon.social
Григорий Клюшников

myself33, can't remember when was the last time I sent an SMS to an actual person.

21 Aug 2021 at 14:52
:PUA: Shlee fucked around and

@dansup Absolutely. I'd love to see "the federverse" take on all of the major players and clone them all

We need a Snapchat
We need a Tumblr
I'd love a Livejournal

I've said for ages, that functionally, most social networks are the same. Twitter/instagram/tumblr is just a different UX for the same flow - but what each of those apps have is a culture.

Tumblr for a short while, was queer and sexy and creative as fuck,. The culture made it. The Federverse needs to enable culture as much as users

@dansup Absolutely. I'd love to see "the federverse" take on all of the major players and clone them all

We need a Snapchat
We need a Tumblr
I'd love a Livejournal

I've said for ages, that functionally, most social networks are the same. Twitter/instagram/tumblr is just a different UX for the same flow - but what each of those apps have is a culture.

21 Aug 2021 at 15:41 | Open on aus.social
Michael

@dansup I'm not a Snapchat user, so maybe someone else can make the comparison: What's missing from #Element (a #Matrix client) to make it comparable to Snapchat?
Matrix protocol is federated, self hosted, E2EE. Is to instant messaging what ActivityPub is to social media.
I realize it may be a tough comparison, the line between messenger and social media is pretty fluid.

21 Aug 2021 at 15:44 | Open on social.balsillie.net
Tim Chambers

@dansup Yes, it would. Maybe Signal (although non-Federated) may be close….

22 Aug 2021 at 0:23 | Open on indieweb.social
hamish campbell

@dansup we kinda need less chat apps OR more support for a #openweb standered like XMPP as currently it's a compleat mess.

22 Aug 2021 at 6:21 | Open on mastodon.social
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