We use SimpleX chat. It isn't as popular as Matrix but the security is better and we run into fewer traffickers there than on Matrix.
Thanks, does it have a decent variety of groups?
It does but not all of them are out in the open to discover. Part of how SXC works is based around not being discoverable if you don't want to be.
There is an official directory with quite a few rooms and some unofficial ones for things that aren't allowed on the main directory for whatever reason. I would say the overall size is much smaller than even Matrix but there are some pretty large and active rooms that cover a fair bit of tech and general topics. It's not perfect but I prefer it to Matrix.
Thanks for the suggestion, it’s the tech stuff I’m trying to avoid , seems like ever room on matrix is heavily to lightly related to tech. Which is over my head mostly. I m just looking for a semi constant stream of decent chats or personalities.
There's plenty of stuff that isn't tech there but I don't use it much for general browsing and chat. We host rooms on SXC for some of our communities and the instance itself as a means of communication off Lemmy. Most of my time is spent in those rooms interacting with people I've met on Lemmy or random people who find our rooms on SXC lol.
Mostly we just shitpost at each other, but every once in a while we’ve been known to have intelligent conversation.
Haha, I’ve seen this word a lot, please define shitpost for me, it is pretty self explanatory but is there an official meaning for it?
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It's posting dumb and usually low effort memes or jokes that aren't meant to be taken too seriously.
every once in a while we’ve been known to have intelligent conversation.
Maybe two years ago, not anymore
No live chat, there is Matrix for that. There is !casualconversation@lemmy.world if you want to chat with people via comments.
!casualconversation@lemm.ee
Ok I see, so what we are doing now is basically what Lemmy is about. Someone makes a post about a subject and people comment on the main post or reply to someone else’s comment on the main post. Is that about it or is there more to it?
That's about it. That is the core of digg and Reddit Lemmy is doing.
I found no value is live threads, Reddit live, or Reddit chat so I am happy this aren't here.
Got it, thank you for the answer
What is Matrix?
It's kinda like discord. But you can run it on your own hardware. Self hosted as we call it. https://matrix.org/
Ok, I’m not that technical but I’ll do some reading.
You don’t have to run it yourself, you can just create an account on an existing server of your choosing, just like Lemmy.
Aha! This is useful information I appreciate it
Critically, you can make your account on ANY one matrix server and then you will be able to talk on all of them.
I find it analogous to IRC - Many servers connected together with shared users and chat rooms.
I use the Element app on android, and https://app.element.io/ on PC
Gonna be that guy and mention an alternative - Schildi Chat available for web, desktop and Android. Its based on the Element apps but with some extras. For example if you use the 'Next' variant of the Android app, Spaces work as intended.
That reminds me that I was going to set up an "official" CasualConversations matrix chat, but then completely forgot.
Here are a bunch of "general conversation" communities, which is the closest I've seen:
Thanks I will check these out
speaking of..... anyone hear from Nicole recently?
She left us and took the kids.
Last I heard from her was back around the beginning of April.
There's conversations in posts and sometimes messages, but if you're looking for live federated chat, you might want to check out Matrix over something like Lemmy or Mbin, which are more forum-like.
Kinda got your wish with one post....
Just ask a question every once and a while..
Very true, this has answered a lot of questions
we use matrix
How do you use it? I’m not too tech savvy
I think I did it… fluffy chat? Lol
The next trick is finding public groups, is there a search function of sorts ?
yea. I don't use fluffy chat, I just use element, but it's definitely searchable. there's also a directory.... let me dig it up
I have everything setup and successfully greeted like 1 person who I think was a mod trying to sus me out. But are there any groups or chats that are not just developers talking about a specific app or code ? How do I find such? Feel free to ignore this as I do realise you’re not matrix Helpdesk 😂
didn't you try the directory I linked?
I just use IRC.
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