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  • Let me start saying that for convenience I adopted Signal. Now, this argument that it validates your contacts is actually something that isn’t the best feature of Signal since it implies that it is requesting and having access to phone numbers.

    I don’t let my number available as my contact, I created the ID and I’m using it in case someone wants to connect with me but that probably isn’t something that everyone is practicing and the fact that they retain my number it doesn’t digest well.

    I’m not sure how is SimpleX nowadays but features like stickers and even some emoticons or message reactions were not possible. Family members and friends would be very difficult to persuade to go back to a very simplistic communication app.

    I always keep an eye in alternatives and if usability reaches a good point we may need to consider SimpleX as the messenger for the mainstream recommendation.















  • Decentralizing the database in a federated structure for anime tracking is a very good idea. Right now I’m using Anitrend that is open source but is only a interface to Anilist.

    Like you pointed I think the major challenge will be to establish a solid new shows database entries police(s). Not sure how we could manage that effectively. Governance will be key but you also don’t want to be a hostage of this project for your life.

    One aspect to be taken in consideration is privacy. I think a lot of people would appreciate to have access to the new tracker without having to share anything about them.