Looks like Instagram wants some of Discord's market - Hypertext
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Instagram appears to be testing a Community Chats feature but only a few would be able to join these chats.
  • Instagram appears to be developing a feature called Community Chats.
  • These are chats in which up to 250 users can participate.
  • The feature is said to be an internal tool and Instagram has no plans to roll it out to the public just yet.
  • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
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    2 days ago

    My intention was not to hate on it, I think it’s a great project, but just to make people aware of considerations.

    But it’s configurable right?

    On your self-hosted instance? Sure. On the default instance? No.

    I’d argue that not everything needs to be federated.

    I agree, but it is nice to have.

    wouldn’t being federated and encrypted not really work out?

    No, lots of platforms that are both.

    What would be the point in encrypting all communication between the server instance and client, to then federate it out to other servers?

    So you could communicate with people on other servers securely?

    • Sturgist@lemmy.caEnglish
      1·
      2 days ago

      Sorry, I should have been clear, I by no means thought you were hating on it!
      I’m literally just hearing about Revolt now. And I’ve had a bad day so far, that obviously came through in my previous comment. I’m sorry, rereading my last comment, it’s a bit belligerent.
      Thanks for taking the time to explain like I’m 5 and throwing a tantrum. 🤦 Sorry again.