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Hey! Saw your post about Octacon, just wondering what your experience with it is/if it's worth checking out as an alternative to Simply plural? We're just not personally fans of Sp's layout and have only just heard of Octacon
It's 100% a viable alternative to SimplyPlural if you're on android - it's not on iOS yet, last I heard iOS is in development and aiming to be launched in late 2024/early 2025. Octocon doesn't have the web app version (yet) so if that's something you use a lot then it may not work out as well.
SP vs Octo layout
If you find SP's layout pesky, definitely give Octo a go! Currently, Octo doesn't have quite as many features as SimplyPlural but it's a very new app atm and it's improving very quickly :)
If you use discord a lot; it also has a baked in set of features, similar to TupperBox and PluralKit that allow for proxy messaging
There's a lot of information available octo's discord if you're curious: link (https://discord.com/invite/octocon)
![Hi, I'd like to do a bit of clarification here. There's word going around (especially on platforms such as Tumblr and TikTok) that we're "anti-endo" and are going to go on "user crusades" to ban non-traumagenics like certain other SP/PK alternatives did.
This has not happened and will never happen.
We consider our community to be traumacentric, in the sense that our platform was designed specifically for people with traumagenic/medical DID/OSDD in mind. We explicitly develop our platform to accommodate symptoms such as dissociative amnesia. We are not going to stop anyone from using the app or bot, we just ask that our Discord community sticks to that theme so we can form a proper support group around that demographic. Going on "endogenic crusades" would be uncouth, childish, against our values, and quite frankly absurd.
We have a neutral stance on systems not caused by trauma. Our platform just isn't designed for them nor around them. If you came here with the intention of sparking discourse regarding this subject, please leave.
A part that bothers me in particular is that this also implies that we would violate user privacy (or have already violated it, which is even worse). As stated in our privacy policy, this is also not the case. We will never look into someone's account unless we are legally forced to do so under U.S. law, or that person volunteers to share some information to help us fix a bug, at which point we will consensually collect as little information as possible.
I ask that anyone who notices this kind of rhetoric going around on external platforms help us to clarify any misinformation. It would help lessen our workload immensely so we can focus on developing features, fixing bugs, and stabilizing our community. For those of you I've seen who have already helped with this, I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
- Atlas
[copied and pasted on 30 Sept 2024 from discord announcement, posted in Octocon's discord 17 July 2024]](https://64.media.tumblr.com/eeba44b2209e0fa287c0e91ad296e77a/cf105c5523be87c7-14/s500x750/2573314befd4acf52a29915ba52eddc169ea43b6.png)
[and a little reminder that octo is aimed at CDDs but they aren't banning any systems with other origins from using it — full details of post in alt text]
Plus, Octo has a minecraft server for Patreon supporters if that's something you're into XD
We have another post explaining our personal usage of SP if anyone is curious