it's a discord or telegram replacement so it's not private, if it's not encrypted it's "public". So nobody thinks this.
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yeah I don't get the complaint, happy to take suggestions tho.
Simple as, "Public groups can be read by anyone, private groups require authentication but are not encrypted. Messages in private groups can be read by relays."
fair enough, I updated the copy to clarify that messages are not encrypted and can be read by relays.
Appreciate that. I agree with Jeff. Basically these things need to be spelled out for normies, they are truly clueless, I talk to them a lot, and while I have no tech background and consider myself a total tech noob, I’m always astonished at how much I know compared to the average person both with regards to bitcoin, but also with regards to privacy in the digital realm
100% what seems obvious to us is totally foreign for many people. my goal is to build something that is useful, transparent and delightful. the problem i'm trying to tackle is that of public/semi-public groups and don't want to mislead anyone or get them in trouble, this thread made it clear that I was not communicating it effectively.
I think people would understand "membership" better than "authentication". You need to be authenticated, to become a member.
But it literally says “private”