@soatok@furry.engineer avatar soatok , to random

Is End-to-End Encryption Optional For Large Groups?

One of the recent topics in Messaging App Discourse is whether it makes sense to prioritize End-to-End Encryption when searching for an alternative to Discord. Who's Saying "No"? I'm going to quote 0xabad1dea here, because she is awesome and explains my "opposition" position better than anyone else: So You Want To Write An Open Source Discord Replacement Things you don’t need:

http://soatok.blog/2026/02/14/is-end-to-end-encryption-optional-for-large-groups/

soatok OP ,
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@h4ckernews@mastodon.social avatar h4ckernews Bot , to random
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services avatar FediTips , to random

Due to the way the Fediverse works, it's a good idea to have at least some followers (even a handful!) before you post interesting content. If you post stuff when you have literally zero followers, that content will usually not be visible outside your server, even if people follow you later.

There's more info on why this situation exists here:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/making-your-posts-visible-to-a-wider-audience-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse

One workaround is to pin posts on your profile, pinned posts are visible to everyone:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-pin-my-posts-on-my-mastodon-profile

teledyn ,
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@odd @FediTips

You also need to put in your profile if you do want folks to find you by what you wrote without tagging everything.

FediTips OP ,
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@teledyn @odd

If you want your posts to be searchable by full text search on Mastodon, there is an official setting for that:

https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-opt-into-or-out-of-full-text-search-on-mastodon/

The is AFAIK just for unofficial search engines, but it doesn't help on the official search system.