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submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by aprehendedmerlin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/fediverse@lemmy.world
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Hi guys, same Iranian guy here, first I want to say I really appreciate you guys helping me, love you guys you all are genuinely amazing people.

I read all your comments in my previous post and one thing I realized I'm not qualified for this at all. This is too dangerous and puts my life and many of my friends at risk.

So in the spirit of being pragmatic here and finding best solution meanwhile I figure that out. Where can we have a private community with moderation and admin tools and multi-topic discussions on the fediverse? Is that even a thing? I know that's not how fediverse works so the answer is probably a hard No. Then where should we go? Discord have all this but that's not my preference at all. I know Reddit has private subs but I don't like reddit like many of you guys. What is the compromise here what do you suggest I should do?

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[–] nachitima@bridge.nachitima.com 8 points 2 days ago (7 children)

Matrix could be a good option: it supports encryption, self-hosting, though do not support topics in a way that Discord does, in terms of UX. There is also a Discord-like platform called Stoat. It does not support forum-type channels but the UI and UX is very similar to Discord and it is also a self-hosted platform. However, I am not aware of security part of it, it is easy to check. Self-hosting is always a quite a challenge to maintain, no matter what platform you choose. Matrix, on the other hand, is designed around security very hard, so I definitely would trust my data and security more to this platform.

[–] aprehendedmerlin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Thanks yes Matrix is great for privacy not so great for my heavily multimedia oriented content community that I don't know what to do about. Micro blogging would be a great fit for us but can't find a private solution for it

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 2 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

Movim allows you to host a blog as well as private and encrypted chat channels like Matrix, that might be a good solution.

[–] aprehendedmerlin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

This sounds good gonna check it thanks

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

To be aware that I don't think that blogs can be encrypted or made private, I think they're viewable to any movim user (I haven't experimented with that feature).

Also, it is possible to disable the chat encryption on Movim, so if you're going to have any non-tech savvy people using it who may accidentally disable it without knowing, and that could be dangerous, then you may need to opt for a platform where it's enabled by default instead, like Delta chat (though it does not have any blog-like features, multi-room channels, nor any voice call ability, unlike Movim.

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