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Interesting comment about the blue iMessage bubbles. I've definitely heard of it, and have seen the memes on the internet, but have never actually met anyone th

Interesting comment about the blue iMessage bubbles. I've definitely heard of it, and have seen the memes on the internet, but have never actually met anyone that cared about the _color_. In my experience people do, however, care about iMessage being green insofar as the loss of functionality is concerned. Specifically with group messaging, a mix of iOS + Android users will result in weird quirks that aren't experienced "when everyone is blue". For example I've been in a mixed thread where the android user would receive a reply individually by every participant, while iOS users would not. Reactions, et al are unavailable in a mixed environment etc. I'm not convinced it's a superiority complex, but rather the loss of extras that are lost when texting outside of Apple's ecosystem.

cglong 7y ago
I'll never forget the day I saw someone write, "If they have green bubbles they're not even worth talking to."
- Twisell 7y ago
  Some teenagers are really mean and some people never grow up. Also : Some boomers believe they know everything because of their experience and some know better.
theshrike79 7y ago
Group texts are some arcane crap that seems to be very heavily an US specific problem. The rest of the world uses WhatsApp or Telegram or something similar for group messages (and pretty much ALL messages).
zelos 7y ago
Doesn't everyone just use WhatsApp anyway?
- jedieaston 7y ago
  Not in the US. Everyone just uses what comes on their phone, and a select few use Facebook Messenger.
  - zelos 7y ago
    Interesting. I wonder what the reason for the difference is. WhatsApp (in the UK at least) is extremely prevalent: every group from parents at a school through to Members of Parliament seems to use it.
    - pwinnski 7y ago
      I think you're supposed to call it 'WhatsApp by Facebook' now. And that's part of why.
SaladFork 7y ago
> Interesting comment about the blue iMessage bubbles. I've definitely heard of it, and have seen the memes on the internet, but have never actually met anyone that cared about the _color_. The color is used as a proxy to discuss the functionality. "Chatting blue" is more about the features that come with it than the actual bubble color, though the latter is easier to mention quickly. Personally I've been surprised what an impact even just a now-typing indicator has on the conversation and find "green" conversations can feel a lot more disjointed.

cglong 7y ago

I'll never forget the day I saw someone write, "If they have green bubbles they're not even worth talking to."

Twisell 7y ago
Some teenagers are really mean and some people never grow up. Also : Some boomers believe they know everything because of their experience and some know better.

theshrike79 7y ago

Group texts are some arcane crap that seems to be very heavily an US specific problem. The rest of the world uses WhatsApp or Telegram or something similar for group messages (and pretty much ALL messages).

zelos 7y ago

Doesn't everyone just use WhatsApp anyway?

jedieaston 7y ago
Not in the US. Everyone just uses what comes on their phone, and a select few use Facebook Messenger.
- zelos 7y ago
  Interesting. I wonder what the reason for the difference is. WhatsApp (in the UK at least) is extremely prevalent: every group from parents at a school through to Members of Parliament seems to use it.
  - pwinnski 7y ago
    I think you're supposed to call it 'WhatsApp by Facebook' now. And that's part of why.

SaladFork 7y ago

> Interesting comment about the blue iMessage bubbles. I've definitely heard of it, and have seen the memes on the internet, but have never actually met anyone that cared about the _color_. The color is used as a proxy to discuss the functionality. "Chatting blue" is more about the features that come with it than the actual bubble color, though the latter is easier to mention quickly. Personally I've been surprised what an impact even just a now-typing indicator has on the conversation and find "green" conversations can feel a lot more disjointed.