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That is one of the key reasons not to use the chat-like apps. Hard to search, hard to back up, hard to thread...
by ISL 7y ago
That is one of the key reasons not to use the chat-like apps. Hard to search, hard to back up, hard to thread...
- Alex3917 7y agoThis. Every time you send a message in one of those apps, it's like taking a $20 bill and lighting it on fire. I'll admit they have their uses, and hopefully they'll get better over time. But given their current state, if you don't place any value on what you're saying then why even say it in the first place?
- Ar-Curunir 7y agochat apps aren't a replacement for email, they're a replacement for in-person face-to-face talking. You can't search or even store voice conversations (unless you explicitly record them, so by your logic, why would you talk to people at all?
- tspike 7y agoI owe my current career to those apps. I’m mostly remote and I’ve been able to stay in tune with the pulse at the big offices via chat apps. Every time I send a message through one of those apps, it’s like putting a $20 bill in my pocket.
- throwaway8941 7y agoThat's only an illusion because the most popular ones are complete trash. Telegram has your whole chat history (or most of it) indexed and you can search it very quickly from the main window (just press Ctrl+F and type away). The history can also be exported, along with images and other files, to JSON, or to a bunch of HTML files.