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> Now everything is fragmented, and I constantly have to remember how each person in my life prefers to communicate, open the right app I think this is true to
by Chaebixi 10y ago
> Now everything is fragmented, and I constantly have to remember how each person in my life prefers to communicate, open the right app
I think this is true to an extent, but I think messaging isn't as simple "get this text to this person." Different communications channels have different contexts, implied importance, etc. Making them too unified papers over and confuses those social differences. For instance, it would be super weird if a coworker texted me instead of IM'd me about some everyday work thing.
- jooize 10y agoWe should solve that within the same protocol. Allow multiple named conversation streams for any combination of contacts with an interface to filter them (private, work, dating, family). I also want priority of messages to let the receiver handle them differently (low/normal/high). Default ‘normal’ and changeable within reach, but quite invisible. Anyone can then let me write a ‘high’ priority message that makes noise in the middle of the night, or if I suspect they're resting and I want to send a cat picture I'll use ‘low’.