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For a small group that isn't planning to break laws, this can be a pain in the butt. If the group is organizing a public protest or boycott, this is a barrier to entry for other participants.
An alternative is open communications: as a group, agree not to break any laws, agree not to joke about breaking laws, and then use whatever works for everybody.
If you are planning to break laws, give'r.
This is exactly the kind of thing I'm talking about. To generalize: you can post an event on Facebook/X. You can post it on Lemmy. You can post it on Signal and be totally invite-only.
Sort of different "levels," each with pros/cons, the most "secure" level being the most-difficult to grow.
For a large organization, maybe. For small scale organizing where the group is obeying laws, it probably isn't worth the effort. Adding technical hurdles for little or no benefit weakens the group.
Perhaps it's a both/and. You advertise broadly AND then also create a secure platform, if needed. Probably the same thing you're saying, actually.