@Heliograph I'm well aware of and active on Matrix. I also would not recommend it over Signal for general individual/local community communications at this point as the complexity and learning curve are much, much higher.

@korbs yep, another good reason!

Friendly reminder that Signal—while maybe not perfect—is a much better choice for communication than RCS, especially if you are communicating anything sensitive. Doubly true if you are on iOS or communicating with anyone who is, as Apple still does not even use end-to-end encryption like Google does on Android.

https://signal.org/download/