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0 pointsrglullis5y ago0 comments

Signal Server has not seen updates for over 9 months. Moxie openly states that is not part of Signal's core values to support federation in the network.

IOW, even though they say they don't want to control your conversation, they do want you in their hands.

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o-__-o5y ago

But. The point is still that you can run your own non-federated signal server or connect your own client to their federated network.

rglullisOP5y ago

An outdated version of the server whose development team has no incentive whatsoever of supporting for your use case.

Can you run it? Sure. Should you?

o-__-o5y ago

Why does any source code exist then? What is the point of GitHub with codebases that are 7+ years old? Would mass adoption of the outdated server force updates or god forbid a fork of the code base?

Please excuse me for being direct, I do not accept your defeatist attitude on this one. You won’t have stickers, such a shame, but you would have the ability to create your own signal service

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o-__-o5y ago

But. The point is still that you can run your own non-federated signal server or connect your own client to their federated network.

rglullisOP5y ago

An outdated version of the server whose development team has no incentive whatsoever of supporting for your use case.

Can you run it? Sure. Should you?

o-__-o5y ago

Why does any source code exist then? What is the point of GitHub with codebases that are 7+ years old? Would mass adoption of the outdated server force updates or god forbid a fork of the code base?

Please excuse me for being direct, I do not accept your defeatist attitude on this one. You won’t have stickers, such a shame, but you would have the ability to create your own signal service

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