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Everybody has a certain messaging app on their phone: it's called SMS. Add one more, that's already two.
by pmlnr 8y ago
Everybody has a certain messaging app on their phone: it's called SMS. Add one more, that's already two.
- SketchySeaBeast 8y agoAre there good apps that support "chat room" style activities? Google Messages falls over when you try to send out mass messages. I'd like to see a sms app that allows one to have mass messaging - it's the only reason I keep WhatsApp around - coordinating with a group of friends.
- lloeki 8y agoDo Telegram groups, supergroups, or channels fit the bill? https://telegram.org/faq#q-what-39s-the-difference-between-groups-supergroups-and-channel https://telegram.org/faq#q-what-39s-the-difference-between-g...
- agentdrtran 8y agoSMS sucks, though.
- pmlnr 8y agoSure. So do centralized, mobile-only systems, where your id is a phone number.
- romwell 8y agoAnd not just a phone number, but a phone number in a specific format. It took me more than 10 minutes to figure out how to add a friend with a phone number from Spain. The trick was adding a space in the right place. In the meantime, she couldn't find me by my US number. Turns out, different countries format the phone numbers differently, and Whatsapp gets confused. Just for US numbers, you have +1(xxx)xxx-xxxx, xxx-xxx-xxxx, 1xxxxxxxxxx, xxxxxxxxxx,(xxx)xxx xxxx, xxx xxx xxxx - and I don't know which one Whatsapp uses internally for ID. For what it's worth, entering the phone number exactly as it shows up on my account info didn't work. TL;DR: a phone number does not a good ID make.