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2. I've been conversing with a friend who uses Facebook exclusively
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 05:27 PM
Jul 2

Because his audience ( in the Philippines) all use Facebook for everything. They hop onto free wi-fi at the Malls etc.
We do use zoom for our own meetings and he is setting up zoom sessions for discussion meetings with his audience.

I suggested using Signal, but it turns out that he can't install the app due to some lost icloud password. (He hasn't tried all the suggestions I sent).

Now, given that people do use Facebook and Zoom, I am sure (though he isn't) that a website (accessible via a link, who doesn't have a browser?) would be fine for all kinds of shared info, and even collaboration.

I am an old-timer and "grew up with" Moodle. I used to install it on PC boxes and even laptops to hold my project/software docs.

No containers at the time. You either used the native apache, php and mysql or loaded up a LAMPP or XAMPP stack.

Anyway, I'll take a look, along with the other 5000 things to try.

"Low Tech" often means "Low effort", as in "Let Facebook do it all" 😡

I won't go there (create a profile) even to see his excellent postings beyond the tiny public window, though I might have to (suggestions for pen names?) just to see the content, but no messenger for me. (Is that what they call it?)

Any free service can be shut down any time for no reason. I've read the horror stories.

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