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Compared to a phone (SMS) and other messaging apps (whatsapp, email, signal), fb messenger has two big benefits for me: * Cross platform: I don't have to type
by spinco 9y ago
Compared to a phone (SMS) and other messaging apps (whatsapp, email, signal), fb messenger has two big benefits for me:
* Cross platform: I don't have to type on a tiny screen when I'm in front of a computer, and won't lose my account or my messages if I lose my phone or phone number.
* Discoverability: most people who I meet are on it, so I can reach out to people I meet at events as well as friends of friends.
I don't love messenger. I use Messenger Lite on my phone to avoid most of the snapchat/gif/events/birthdays features. But I'm not aware of any other cross-platform messaging app with that discoverability, let alone one free of privacy issues.
- leggomylibro 9y agoWhich is sort of weird, isn't it? As little as 10-15 years ago there was a huge flourishing ecosystem of IM and chat clients, many of which worked together fairly seamlessly. Individual clients like Pidgin would happily amalgamate several platforms together. Now, at least in terms of usage, it's a blasted hellscape of a one-pony show - what happened?
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- gruez 9y ago>Cross platform: I don't have to type on a tiny screen when I'm in front of a computer, and won't lose my account or my messages if I lose my phone or phone number. email isn't cross platform? >Discoverability: most people who I meet are on it, so I can reach out to people I meet at events as well as friends of friends. doesn't everyone have an email address?
- Gaelan 9y agoYou can’t just type someone’s name into the To field of an email.