I’d put it on my website, which contains my real name anyway, but Signal says that I should only share it with people I trust. Also, the link (signal.me/…) contains long base64 string with unknown content. What do you think?

  • Krafty Kactus@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    27·
    6 months ago

    You can share your signal username. Mine is donnietello.01

    Once you’ve shared it, if you’re getting a lot of spam you can just change it and it won’t change anything about your current conversations. It’s essentially just an invite link.

      • 667@lemmy.radioEnglish
        16·
        6 months ago

        Art of Reverse Scraping. Now the previous commenter will get at least a couple known good Signal handles to spam for a little.

        • Vanth@reddthat.comEnglish
          8·
          6 months ago

          My youngest sister doesn’t know what that means. I think it might be one of those lines of demarcation between millennial and Z.

          • sunzu@kbin.run
            5·
            6 months ago

            i agree… do all millennials know tho?

            I don’t even remember when that nomenclature drop off, i just remember getting online as kid and boy ohh boy… was it a time and place in history haha

            • Vanth@reddthat.comEnglish
              6·
              6 months ago

              From my memory, the timing seemed to align with Facebook. Moving from anonymous chatrooms to proper Social Media with a/s/l information and more already populated.

              Even worse though, she doesn’t know any of the early memes. Hampster Dance, Badger Badger Badger, Peanut Butter Jelly Time, Leeeeroy Jenkins. Salad Fingers. How does a young, gothic lass get through her teen years without Salad Fingers?

          • _edge@discuss.tchncs.de
            31·
            6 months ago

            It’s also a lot harder today.

            Earlier:

            a/s/l?

            16/f/NYC

            Now:

            a/s/l?

            Pardon me?

            a/g/l?

            400ppm/fluid/Insta

      • Krafty Kactus@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        5·
        6 months ago

        Nope. Its not used for continued conversations. Just for starting them. If you change your username, your contacts will not see any difference.