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  • Otter@lemmy.catoPrivacy@lemmy.ml•Recent commits suggest Signal is preparing a paid subscription for backups.English
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    2 days ago

    I commented this in the other thread, sharing it here as well

    I’ve been waiting for this feature for a while actually 😅

    When I last saw people talking about it, there were rumors that there would be a reasonable free backup (ex. up to 1 Gb) with relatively cheap paid options above that. I scrolled through the GitHub link and couldn’t confirm or deny if this is still/actually the case.

    Backups are the #1 pain point for friends that tried to switch to Signal, especially for those on iOS. I have a local backup + sync setup for my own phone, but it’s a lot to expect for the average casual user to set up.

    Whatsapp has backups to Google Drive, which is better than nothing but not ideal. It’s time Signal had a reliable backup method for casual users

  • Otter@lemmy.caMtoPrivacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com•Recent commits suggest Signal is preparing a paid subscription for backups.English
    12·
    2 days ago

    I’ve been waiting for this feature for a while actually 😅

    When I last saw people talking about it, there were rumors that there would be a reasonable free backup (ex. up to 1 Gb) with relatively cheap paid options above that. I scrolled through the GitHub link and couldn’t confirm or deny if this is still/actually the case.

    Backups are the #1 pain point for friends that tried to switch to Signal, especially for those on iOS. I have a local backup + sync setup for my own phone, but it’s a lot to expect for the average casual user to set up.

    Whatsapp has backups to Google Drive, which is better than nothing but not ideal. It’s time Signal had a reliable backup method for casual users

  • Otter@lemmy.catoFedigrow@lemm.ee•RFC - Every community should have active moderators or get auto-lockedEnglish
    51·
    4 days ago

    I think this could work well!

    As the other comments mentioned, determining activity might not be that easy. Do we actually need point #3? If a community is inactive and doesn’t have any content (good or bad), it’s not going to affect the admins much. It might end up adding more work for admins if they need to keep adding new mods to communities that don’t have much going on. We might also end up with having lots of tiny communities locked, which would discourage people from posting.

    I think point #4 takes care of the problem pretty well already. If the mod isn’t active enough to resolve the reports within 24-48 hours, then the community could be locked.

  • Otter@lemmy.catoTelevision@lemm.ee•'King of the Hill' Voice Actor Jonathan Joss Fatally Shot in TexasEnglish
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    5 days ago

    Another article for those having issues with the TMZ site:

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/jonathan-joss-fatally-shot-1.7550346

    I was looking at the Wikipedia:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Joss

    On January 23, 2025, Joss lost his San Antonio home, as well as three dogs (with a fourth missing) when his house caught fire.[8][9] Joss says he was using a propane heater and had left the house. “Mistakes happen, man. And it’s my fault for, I guess, leaving something on,” Joss said. “Or if somebody came in and did something, who knows?” [8] He attended the 2025 ATX TV Festival in Austin, Texas with other King of the Hill cast members on May 29, 2025.[7] However, he says he was not invited to the panel, and an attendee on the social media site Reddit says that Joss interrupted the King of the Hill panel, bringing up his house burning down which he felt was intentionally burned down because of his homosexuality.

    On June 1, 2025, Joss was approached by a neighbor who allegedly yelled homophobic slurs at Joss before shooting and killing him. The suspect was arrested shortly afterward.[7][10][11][12] The two neighbors have been subject to a longstanding feud going back years with police being called multiple times.[13] His death occurred just hours after he uploaded an Instagram video of himself walking around Austin and noting how he already recorded lines for 4 King of the Hill episodes.

    Kern de Gonzales stated on Instagram afterwards that various people in the area had for years verbally assaulted them with homophobic slurs and threats to burn down their home.[14] Kern de Gonzales went on to say that the house had burned down after years of threats from their neighbors, threats to which the police had not responded, even after the threats had been reported by Gonzales and Joss.[11] On Joss’ Facebook page, Kern de Gonzales described the attack as a homophobic hate crime.

    San Antonio Police Department released a statement saying “Our investigation has found no evidence whatsoever to indicate that the Mr. Joss’s murder was related to his sexual orientation.”

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