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Online tools for organizing locally? (hexbear.net)

submitted 4 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/3876283

I'm passing this question along, because I think we might have folks here who have some suggestions.

What tools or combination of tools are folks using to organize in your local area and beyond?

A relative of mine was asking me about software to replace the event/RSVP/page aspects of Facebook.

It almost sounds like he wants a locked down Lemmy instance or a combination of tools, but I'm not sure what the landscape is like out there.

Any input would be cool. I might link him to this post later if I get enough comments.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago (11 children)

Signal. There will definitely be people with valid and not-so-valid criticisms of it, but it's a very good tool for organizing. It's low-barrier-to-entry, it is very secure (conjecture notwithstanding), it scales really well, and does chat/text/video. You can have big "general" chats, and many other smaller ones for more specific or spicy reasons. Always make use of the disappearing messages function, as well as the username function.

Outside of Signal, you'll need someone plugged into the "normie" channels like Instagram and Facebook and tiktok etc for public announcements. Certain actions you'll want to announce securely via somewhere like itsgoingdown.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (10 children)

I wish matrix or XMPP was used more.

Some valid criticisms of Signal here: https://dessalines.github.io/essays/why_not_signal.html

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (9 children)

I've read that before, I think it includes valid and invalid. I would also like to recommend Matrix and XMPP, but in my experience neither is a finished, smooth experience (yet?).

Edit: adding this link for some criticism of Matrix.

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