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How did you make your friends use telegram instead just for you? I use iMessage with my best friend and my dad because it is my preferred way of communication (

How did you make your friends use telegram instead just for you? I use iMessage with my best friend and my dad because it is my preferred way of communication (it is fairly secure, easy to use, and I can reply from my watch, Mac, iPad and iPhone, unlike any competitor except email). For everybody else I have to use what's app because they cannot be bothered to install an app just to contact me once a week (or some even once a month) and email (my second preferred method of communication) is too complicated, clumsy, old, or just too uncool for everybody to use (except for checking for that registration link on Instagram). You cannot just move a large group of people to another platform if you don't have any authority over them (e.g. their boss) unless they want to switch on their own (because their previous method is too unreliable, inconvenient or expensive). I, for one, would be happy if I can make my teacher believe that WhatsApp is not a good idea to contact me for various things regarding my final exam. The best way to reach me is always through email.

xiaoma 10y ago
Woah. Your professor requires students to have whatsapp? That's messed up.
- Matt3o12_ 10y ago
  We are not required to have it but she has my number and prefers to use WhatsApp to message me (nothing important just little annoucements and suggestions such as what topic to choose for my final oral exam). All official stuff is still written on paper. She probably uses WhatsApp because everybody at my age (who lives in my country) uses it all the time and she thinks this is more reliable to conntact me.
oneloop 10y ago
"Hey did you check out that app I asked you?" "Hey, the other day I wanted to text you and it's so much more comfortable if I can type from my laptop, would you please install it? It's just like WhatsApp, you won't even see the difference." "Hey, remember that app I told you about the other day? Turns out that the founder is this guy who cloned Facebook in Russia, and the government went after him and stole his company, how insane is that? He's now cloning WhatsApp, but better, could you please check it out?" etc etc if there's a will there's a way
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- Matt3o12_ 10y ago
  > "Hey did you check out that app I asked you?" - "Installing an app is always so complicated" - "Why not stick with WhatsApp. It works fine for me" > "Hey, the other day I wanted to text you and it's so much more comfortable if I can type from my laptop, would you please install it? It's just like WhatsApp, you won't even see the difference." "What's wrong with your phone?" > "Hey, remember that app I told you about the other day? Turns out that the founder is this guy who cloned Facebook in Russia, and the government went after him and stole his company, how insane is that? He's now cloning WhatsApp, but better, could you please check it out?" "What's better? And why would I trust a Russian more then WhatsApp. I don't really think it is a good idea to install it" I haven't even made up those answers, I've heard them one way or the other. For most people, their phone just has to work and unless they mean a lot to you, they won't really bother installing it. If most of your friends are tech savvy, then your chances are good they are curious to try it out, don't mind it at all, or even support you. But most just don't care and are afraid they break things if they installed a new app. I can even fully understand their decision. A friend of mind decided to ditch WhatsApp altogether and now I can only call her because I'm not willing to pay 15¢ just for a normal text message. She only did it because she wanted to have to deal less with social media but I don't want to. I turn off notifications for WhatsApp every now and then if I don't want to get distracted but all in all, I ust WhatsApp for 95% of all my personal text conversations.

xiaoma 10y ago

Woah. Your professor requires students to have whatsapp? That's messed up.

Matt3o12_ 10y ago
We are not required to have it but she has my number and prefers to use WhatsApp to message me (nothing important just little annoucements and suggestions such as what topic to choose for my final oral exam). All official stuff is still written on paper. She probably uses WhatsApp because everybody at my age (who lives in my country) uses it all the time and she thinks this is more reliable to conntact me.

oneloop 10y ago

"Hey did you check out that app I asked you?" "Hey, the other day I wanted to text you and it's so much more comfortable if I can type from my laptop, would you please install it? It's just like WhatsApp, you won't even see the difference." "Hey, remember that app I told you about the other day? Turns out that the founder is this guy who cloned Facebook in Russia, and the government went after him and stole his company, how insane is that? He's now cloning WhatsApp, but better, could you please check it out?" etc etc if there's a will there's a way

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Matt3o12_ 10y ago
> "Hey did you check out that app I asked you?" - "Installing an app is always so complicated" - "Why not stick with WhatsApp. It works fine for me" > "Hey, the other day I wanted to text you and it's so much more comfortable if I can type from my laptop, would you please install it? It's just like WhatsApp, you won't even see the difference." "What's wrong with your phone?" > "Hey, remember that app I told you about the other day? Turns out that the founder is this guy who cloned Facebook in Russia, and the government went after him and stole his company, how insane is that? He's now cloning WhatsApp, but better, could you please check it out?" "What's better? And why would I trust a Russian more then WhatsApp. I don't really think it is a good idea to install it" I haven't even made up those answers, I've heard them one way or the other. For most people, their phone just has to work and unless they mean a lot to you, they won't really bother installing it. If most of your friends are tech savvy, then your chances are good they are curious to try it out, don't mind it at all, or even support you. But most just don't care and are afraid they break things if they installed a new app. I can even fully understand their decision. A friend of mind decided to ditch WhatsApp altogether and now I can only call her because I'm not willing to pay 15¢ just for a normal text message. She only did it because she wanted to have to deal less with social media but I don't want to. I turn off notifications for WhatsApp every now and then if I don't want to get distracted but all in all, I ust WhatsApp for 95% of all my personal text conversations.