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So now we have X, or eX-Twitter.
It seems that there are a few IT entrepreneurs who want to dominate the world. Apparently Musk has plans to create the dominant "social" app.

What a contrast all this is to how the internet started with open standards, search engines without publicity, even YouTube had little publicity and what there was was not intrusive. Email and SMS messages were a standard format that could be viewed on the device or operating system of your choice.

What do we have now? A jungle of incompatible messaging systems where every promoter wants exclusive rights to data-mine your messages and collect the details of all your contacts; and intrusive advertising makes veiwing many sites such a pain that it is often easier to just abandon viewing some sites than continue.

Don't get me wrong, I understand someone has to pay for the services but the end result is too many parasites in the system that just add to the cost of everything without actually providing anything of value.

I just wish that we could have a standard messaging system (like email and SMSs) where we could use the service provider or app of our choice for ruotine messages and, perhaps more funtionallity when messaging users of the same system.

It is true that the plain SMS is now somewhat limited in today's world but an enhanced version of MMS supported by all the major messging apps would be wonderful and could be set up in susch a way that you could effectively message users of apps that are different to your choice of app.

A dream? of course it is! the main players in the world of "social" and messaging apps have no intention of co-operating with others in their mad lust for power, wealth , and, above all, domination.

I only use emails, Apple messaging and WhatsApp. Apple messaging only for the family group or individual family members a ndWhatsApp to sort out our golf tee times.
I generally avoid Faceache although the local Morgan group one is useful. Don't use any of the other apps so I must be another dinasour. I prefer to actually talk to other people either face to face or on the phone.

When RC models get out of hand:

https://www.facebook.com/HorizonHobby/videos/6396121083835540

Xitter is a mess. I've been on it since the v early days, when *all the tweets* scrolled on the twittr home page!

Now I filter out the cacophony with Lists - I have a list for Journalists I read, for Formula 1, for conference speakers, friends, and so on.

As for the main feeds, the algorithm makes them self-fulfilling echo-chambers, playing back what the algorithm thinks I'm interested in. The signal to noise ratio is very poor, and I spend next to no time there now.

Will

As an aside, the fellow who started WhatsApp has a new app called Signal. The story, and make of it what you will, is that when he sold WhatsApp, promises were made that were altered after the deal was done and META purchased it (no surprises there). Once free from his non competition clause, he started Signal with the goal of providing what he believed he had created, and would be sustained, with WhatsApp.

Signal pledges:

"There are no ads, no affiliate marketers, and no creepy tracking in Signal. So focus on sharing the moments that matter with the people who matter to you."

"Signal is an independent nonprofit. We're not tied to any major tech companies, and we can never be acquired by one either. Development is supported by grants and donations from people like you."

"There are no ads, no affiliate marketers, and no creepy tracking in Signal. So focus on sharing the moments that matter with the people who matter to you."

https://signal.org/

Given the sentiment on this thread, much, if not all, I agree with, I thought this may be of interest.