I agree about the #disappointing removal of #forums in #favour of #discord - despite Discord being nothing like a #forum https://kotaku.com/please-stop-closing-f.. Discord is just a mess of #instant #messaging , whereas forums promoted more #thought as they took longer to write - less #reactionary ...
Interesting to see #xmpp making a come back with #dino https://politictech.wordpress.com/2021/0.. Might be worth giving it a shot if it's a good #messaging #app - especially compared to the likes of #telegram or #signal whom play crazy games with source code, etc.
This is pretty funny, the #fbi created a fake #secure #messaging platform and then sold it to criminal #gangs https://aardvark.co.nz/daily/2021/0609.s.. I think various platforms out there could also be FBI based, but they have benefited from them too much to take them down.