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For a type of feature/product/concept like what Stories is, merely googling is a bad way to understand it. You have to use it to get its value. Being a data ner
by poisonborz 7y ago
For a type of feature/product/concept like what Stories is, merely googling is a bad way to understand it. You have to use it to get its value. Being a data nerd at first I hated the idea of posting short ephemeral content and I thought this is a cold, isolated direction for social networks. But I do have to admit I post more, knowing this doesn't add up to the "vanity" nature of my profile. And the historical stories are still available through data takeout.
Also be prepared to get into it nevertheless, Twitter will introduce a similar feat called "fleets" soon.
- mxfh 7y agoThe ephemeral siloed web contradicts everything people who grew up with the internet thought it stands for, and for people who still do phone calls, there is no real need for sharing pseudo-fleeting messages, that what whatsapp is for. And from what I understand, the period where you need to be in constant contact or broadcast to more than 10 people is pretty limited to school and early higher ed for most people in my experience. So unless stories become a way to keep in touch with your offsprings, I don't see a need or near normalness of these communication methods among people born before '85.
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- saagarjha 7y ago> for people who still do phone calls, there is no real need for sharing pseudo-fleeting messages, that what whatsapp is for WhatsApp is for chats; they're not fleeting. Phone calls are fairly inconvenient to take and incomparable with "true" fleeting messages.
- mxfh 7y agoSorry was unclear about this. But that's what I meant, I rather have searchable conversations with the option to delete things, non-ephemeral by default. And whatsapp is the app older people adapted to and get along with. It's what they now.