Ancestors

Toot

Written by Ellie on 2025-01-21 at 17:08

Maybe I'm incompetent, but...

What is the Signal feature equivalent to WhatsApp's Communities of chats? 🤔

=> More informations about this toot | More toots from ellie@ellieayla.net

Descendants

Written by Frank on 2025-01-21 at 17:17

@ellie I have never used Whatsapp, but if it is some sort of publically discoverable 'channel' that you can join, I don't think Signal has that. There is one-on-one and groups to which you can add people, but that's it afaik.

=> More informations about this toot | More toots from fschaap@mastodon.social

Written by Frank on 2025-01-21 at 17:24

@ellie Oh, I see you can enable a link for a group, so you can share it for people to join (and toggle whether the join request should be approved or automatic). But I don't think there is a directory or search where you could go and find a community about paleolithic pottery patterns.

=> More informations about this toot | More toots from fschaap@mastodon.social

Written by Jochie 👨🏻‍💻🏳️‍🌈 on 2025-01-21 at 20:44

@ellie would the “group link” fill that need, which then may optionally still require group admins to approve the new arrivals?

=> More informations about this toot | More toots from jochie@strangeweb.page

Written by Ellie on 2025-01-21 at 20:51

@jochie I don't think so? The signal group doesn't appear to contain a plurality of chats/channels, only one.

Usecase: I am a member of a local community that creates a chat per event for coordination, like a hike or a boardgame night. And then members of the community can discover/join/leave/mute/ignore whatever chats they (don't) care about.

I can see maybe making a plurality of groups, each with their own invite posted in some central "Events" group, but that seems janky.

=> More informations about this toot | More toots from ellie@ellieayla.net

Written by Jochie 👨🏻‍💻🏳️‍🌈 on 2025-01-21 at 20:53

@ellie oh! TIL that that even existed in WhatsApp. So that’s closer to a Discord server than a single group chat, I had no idea. If you do find an answer, please share/boost? 🙂

=> More informations about this toot | More toots from jochie@strangeweb.page