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My question was specifically about "the general non-technical population". Do you expect my mom to even remotely understand what different servers are and why talking to me is securely encrypted but talking to her friends group isn't? The point about secure software is that it needs to be secure by default or else, entry level users will manage to accidentally send their stuff in plain text and not even notice.

For nerds like us, I agree that Matrix is probably a good choice. For someone who needed to be told that "the internet" isn't the blue "e" on their desktop... not so much. I'd rather send carrier pigeons than explain Matrix to my family.

I've once been downvoted to oblivion for not defederating threads.com before it even went online. Fediverse people are weird.

What would you recommend as an alternative for the general non-technical population?

At this point it feels like the loss meme is completely divorced from its original meaning and more a „where can I fit it in“ like running Doom on a pregnancy test or Bad Apple on Christmas lights.

I‘ll give my best to give you some feedback if you post something

Dooo iiiiiit! I really enjoy reading about niche homebrew settings.

I even made a new account specifically so I could make it there and not on my personal instance.

Posting it here again so you get a notification: I opened one at !DMWorkshop@ttrpg.network

Alright, I opened a new community at !DMWorkshop@ttrpg.network and posted at least a rough outline with more to come. Come on over.

At least one of my players is on Lemmy and even somewhat active in this community (say hi if you read this).

You know what, maybe I'll open just a DM workshop community on here and put in the effort to post what I have so far. Currently, my notes are fully in German and structured in a way that's not easy to put in a linear thread but I'll try.

This is part of my biggest problem with my current project. I desperately need someone to talk about the history and gods of this world (both for personal validation and for brainstorming) but it will still be a while until I can bring it to the table and talking to my players now would spoil some major plot points.

Wenn es doch nur 12 Wochen wären. Die Vermieterin verzieht sich regelmäßig von Juni bis Oktober in ihr Sommerhaus in Spanien. Wenn währenddessen irgendwas ist, muss ich halt schauen, wen ich erreiche.