Since I recently ditched all mainstream social media, I was forced to lose a lot of buddies who were nice to talk to but not friends enough to go to privacy-respecting platforms for me. I only have two mainstream platforms for strictly for family/work stuff. I have IRL buddies and friends but my I miss having internet friends

I decided to use SimpleX Chat for private chats. I love it for having no account system, so I don’t need to give anyone my data. Matrix isn’t the best IMO. You either have to use Matrix.org or buy a VPS to use it. On SimpleX you still have servers but you don’t need to trust them because your username and avatar is end-to-end encrypted. To use it, you need just the FOSS app and a QR/link of your friend, that’s it

About me:

1. I speak Russian fluently. I can help with it if you need to
2. I love China and Mao and Deng and Xi
3. Marxism-Leninism
4. They/them

For those who are interested, the website is https://simplex.chat/. There are clients for most platforms. I can send a 1-time link over here as a reply, just paste it in the search bar inside the app

Edit: I forgot to say that I’m an adult and will only dm adults. Nothing against minors, but it’s a moral norm