tugatech (@tugatech@masto.pt)
WhatsApp testa nova função que mostra os Status de pessoas fora da tua lista de contactos
🔗 https://tugatech.com.pt/t79234-whatsapp-testa-nova-funcao-que-mostra-os-status-de-pessoas-fora-da-tua-lista-de-contactos
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G4Media (@G4Media@mastodon.world)
Țoiu: 14.000 de români sunt în 🇦🇪#EmirateleArabeUnite.
#Guvernul lansează un canal de 📞#Whatsapp pentru cetățenii români blocați în 🌍#OrientulMijlociu din cauza războiului.
Sunt români blocați și în 🇮🇩#Indonezia, 🇰🇭#Cambodgia și 🇹🇭#Thailanda.
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biziday (@biziday@mastodon.world)
📜#MinisterulDeExterne nu a primit informații despre cetățeni români răniți, în 🌍#OrientulMijlociu, după trei zile de război. Lansează un canal de 📞#WhatsApp, cu informații de la autoritățile locale, pe care românii sunt îndemnați să-l acceseze.
🔗 https://biziday.ro/?p=350091
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tinoruijs (@tinoruijs@mastodon.social)
@mboelen hopelijk gaat advertenties de migratie versnellen inderdaad. Dat vinden mensen erger dan fascisme.
Ik heb vorig jaar #WhatsApp verwijderd, nadat m'n gezin en een bestuur van een club over waren naar Signal. Gelukkig waren m'n beste vrienden en kameraden al aanwezig op #Signal.
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r (@r@fed.brid.gy)
Holi 2026 WhatsApp Stickers: Best Choti Holi Images, Holika Dahan Wishes & Instagram Captions For Friends & Family
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richard (@richard@www.main-vision.com)
The Declining Case for Social Media Giants
Reading Time: 3 minutesYears ago I was interviewed by the RTS to speak about Twitter and my conclusion is that it would never pick up in Switzerland because there are too few users and they're too dispersed. That is still true.
Social networks that are alive and well are Meetup, GoSocial, Strava and Whatsapp. It's absurd that Whatsapp is in the list given that it is owned and controlled by Facebook, so people that hate Facebook would, rationally avoid Whatsapp too, but they don't.
Meetup
Meetup is an events based social networks. This means that you look for events to join, say you're coming, and then turn up. You can share photos after the event but if you don't connect IRL via Whatsapp and other apps, then you're going to experience quantum friendships. By this I mean they're only around for the event, and vanish as soon as it's over, until the next meetup.
GoSocial and Whatsapp
GoSocial is a paradox because it's a chat group based social network, where chats are created for every single event, but they're closed and conversation is throttled as soon as an event is over. It is purely to say "I'm doing this on that day", "Can you drive me from Geneva?" and maybe sharing photos after the event, but then the photos are trapped within the chat, as downloading is turned off.
Strava
Strava is two things. The first is a community of "I went for a run" and "I went for a dog walk" and "I went for a bike ride" and sports based events where people say "I'm in". There is little to no conversation, and due to there being no threading conversations are chronological. It is really not optimal for "chatting". It is great for finding local cyclists and runners.
Last, but underlying every social event, is Whatsapp, or WhatsCrapp as I prefer to call it. Almost everyone is on Whatscrapp so if you want to have a social life, you are obligated to use Whatscrapp, whether it is for "ride cancelled due to rain" or "Hike taking place on this day, to that place, from here" to simply instant messaging individuals.
The Aburd
Pre-pandemic, and pre-Facebook purchase, Whatsapp was a chat client for friends of multiple events to keep the conversation going. It was a place to share thoughts, passions, challenges, and generally to keep the friendships alive between weekly indoor climbs, weekend activities and more. It was tight knit.
The Modern Coldness
The reason I call it Whatscrapp now is that conversation is actively discouraged. Utilitarianism has replaced humanism. In the past Whatsapp was a place for textroverts to have conversations in between events, and after events. In the age of WhatsCrapp you're allowed to say "Hey, I need someone to drive me from A to B". As someone who drove people a lot I find the behaviour offensive. I'd rather have a little conversation before or after an event than "I want to use people".
Solitary Irony
Until 2007 online communities were social networks but when hashtags came to Twitter and Zynga came to Facebook the art of conversation was lost, favouring pokes, likes, retweets and more, rather than engaged and engaging conversations. We went from socially engaged and rewarding online relationships to utilitarian broadcasting. That utilitarianism is reflected by how people use WhatsCrapp but there is a silver lining. I did not write this to be negative.
Widely Accepted
In the age of Twitter, MySpace, Facebook, Instagram and more, we had to be on the tech giant sites because they had global reach. If we wanted to connect, we had to use the global site.
In 2026 everyone uses WhatsCrapp, and plenty of sporty people use Strava, and many hikers and tech people use Meetup. The GoSocial community too is large, and entirely built around Whatscrapp.
And Finally
And finally we are in a new Post Social Media age. Twitter, Facebook, Threads and Instagram were so busy getting in the way of our community building efforts that we slid to the fediverse, to Bluesky, and to social networks that are local to us, that are relevant to us, that are driven by European values.
#gosocial #meetup #strava #whatsapp
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r (@r@fed.brid.gy)
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#Signal unterstützt #Überwachung + #Musk spendete 2 Mio.
www.counterpunch.org/2025/03/07/t...
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Jeder kann Dich ausspionieren
www.cyberkendra.com/2025/12/free...
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Signal sammelt #Metadaten genau wie #WhatsApp
primal.net/e/note154hta...
Deshalb nur #Threema =100% Europa + anonym
#UnplugBigTech
The Revolution Will Not Be Sig...
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vastverzet (@vastverzet@mastodon.social)
Mijn "big tech escape journey" so far.
Sowieso "DeGoogled". Google account verwijderd.
Mail overgeheveld naar @Tutanota
Overgestapt van #WhatsApp naar @signalapp
Volledig overgestapt van #MicrosoftWindows naar #linux
Onnodige accounts (laten) verwijderen van webshops.
Navigeren doe ik met @organicmaps
And still a lot of work to do....
#degoogle #linux #opensource #escapefrombigtech
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blaulicht (@blaulicht@freie-re.de)
Hohenlohekreis (ots) - Kupferzell: Zeugen nach Einbruch gesucht Die Polizei sucht nach einem Einbruch in ein Wohnhaus am Samstagabend in Kupferzell nach Zeugen. Ein Unbekannter hatte sich gegen 19 Uhr gewaltsam über eine Terassentür Zugang zu dem ...
https://www.presseportal.de/blaulicht/pm/110971/6226665
#Einbruch #Medikament #Motorrad #Notarzt #Transport #Transportnotfall #Unfälle #Verkehrsnotfall #Verkehrsunglück #WhatsApp #Zeugen
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blaulicht (@blaulicht@freie-re.de)
Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis (ots) - Haßmersheim: Versuchter Einbruch - Zeugen gesucht Ein Anwohner der Gartenstraße in Haßmersheim teilte dem Polizeirevier Mosbach mit, dass ein oder mehrere unbekannte Täter am 01.03.2026 zwischen 18 Uhr und 21:30 Uhr ...
https://www.presseportal.de/blaulicht/pm/110971/6226658
#Einbruch #Kriminalität #Mord #Prozess #Sachbeschädigung #Störung #Wahlplakat #WhatsApp #Zeuge #Zeugen
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RomaniaTeIubesc (@RomaniaTeIubesc@mstdn.social)
„Aveți un colet la numărul dvs”. Mesajul fals care te poate lăsa fără contul de 📞#WhatsApp în câteva minute. Cum funcționează.
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moamendigitech (@moamendigitech@mastodon.social)
WhatsApp is experimenting with a new security measure by adding a conventional password to complement OTP codes and two-factor authentication in its Android beta 2.26.7.8! 🔐
This optional feature is designed to counteract SIM-swapping attacks by introducing a third layer of protection.
Even if someone intercepts your SMS code, they'll still need your unique alphanumeric password.
#WhatsApp #Meta #2FA #TechNews
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