> By repurposing your contacts as a buddy list My contacts aren't all my buddies and conversely many of my buddies in WhatsApp or Snapchat or whatever aren't i

> By repurposing your contacts as a buddy list My contacts aren't all my buddies and conversely many of my buddies in WhatsApp or Snapchat or whatever aren't in my contact list. Trying to repurpose one data silo that contains contacts such as my dentist and a taxi firm and reusing it as 'buddies' is clumsy and ill-considered.