Anyone else wondering?

  • Steve@compuverse.uk
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    1 year ago

    This always struck me as strange thinking.
    Are most people really unable to understand and use different messengers with different contexts and groups?

    Honestly I use a few myself. My job has Tiger Connect. I use Signal with all my family and friends. Then I use SMS for some companies automatic notifications. It’s pretty simple and easy.

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      1 year ago

      Well, yes. But when all your friends are already on Facebook Messenger, good luck getting them to install Signal only to talk with you. Network effects are important; a messaging app has no use when you have nobody to message on the app. Supporting SMS was taking advantage of its network effect, and I don’t think their network was big enough to be self-sustaining for most users (it wasn’t in my case, my only contact in there is my wife).

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        1 year ago

        If a friend doesn’t care about you enough to perform the 1 minute task of installing signal they’re not worth your time

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        1 year ago

        Convincing people to leave Facebook Messenger isn’t that hard. Just let them know Zukerberg and everyone at Facebook can see everything they send.

        It is easier with a whole group of friends. If none of your friends known each other, you should work on that for other reasons. Groups of friends are better in general.