• DerinA
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    Yes, but you can use the federated app and bridge whatsapp into it. It’s a good solution :)

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      1 year ago

      How does this work? And can you please expain it in terms an idiot, like myself, would understand?

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        Basically the bridge listens for new posts on both services and copies them as needed. Think of it like a bot on Reddit or lemmy that automatically posts stuff on behalf of someone else.

        Does that make sense?

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          That makes sense, thank you!

          How do you install a bridge on Android? Using the bridge, could you theoretically link a WhatsApp account from a different phone?

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              Ah, okay. I think I understand now. So, I would have to host a server to do that then I assume?

              Thank you!

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                If you want to be in control of the server and bridges yourself, yes - you’d have to do that.

                If not, you can just use a service like beeper

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      I’ve been hearing about this “bridging” thing. Is it possible to bridge into an IRC network that hasn’t been bridged yet? My options seem to be “OFTC, Snoonet, W3C” but I want to bridge to another network, and I don’t know if I even can or if I have to be a server admin or something.

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        Yes, it’s possible but you either have to host your own server, have to be on a server where the IRC bridge is installed and can be used by anyone or use a service like Beeper that takes care of it for you.