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I'm curious. They can't phone or email you?

NationalPark 6y ago
Neither are great replacements for facebook messenger. And other IM tools aren't either because, well, the people you want to talk to don't use them.
- arkanciscan 6y ago
  Everyone has SMS
  - yoz-y 6y ago
    SMS doesn’t do groups or images. Maybe RCS will one day work?
    - zamalek 6y ago
      MMS does, and does so transparently across platforms (iOS, Android). You must have a very old phone if it does not work for you.
      - yoz-y 6y ago
        Back when it made sense to send MMS messages (i.e. when everybody haven’t had something like WhatsApp) they were ridiculously expensive while sms was free on most plans. Nowadays it’s different but for example on my plan, sending MMS while on roaming is not plain data depending on the destination.
    - arkanciscan 6y ago
      The criteria was that everyone needs to have access to the messaging platform. SMS checks that box. SMS does not do literally everything, but that's not the most important quality of a messaging platform.
  - Zak 6y ago
    SMS isn't a great option if you're communicating with people in multiple countries, and often not if you're traveling internationally yourself. Signal might be, if only we could get everybody to use it.
- minhazm 6y ago
  You can deactivate your Facebook profile but still continue to use Messenger, so that's an option.
  - offtop5 6y ago
    Will definitely consider this. One issue maybe that I do get invited to a handful of events. How exactly does this work. No longer having a public page , but people being able to contact me would be great .
- lilSebastian 6y ago
  Both have lower barriers for entry, and protect your privacy better. Given the nature of the post under discussion this seems relevant to proceedings
pmlnr 6y ago
They won't. Been there. I asked a lot of people to contact me on phone, sms, email, etc. but not on facebook. Most of them I haven't spoken for years now, ever since I silently deactivated FB. Turns out they were/are not actually interested in me.
- quickthrower2 6y ago
  Better that you know. Can invest time in better friends.

Neither are great replacements for facebook messenger. And other IM tools aren't either because, well, the people you want to talk to don't use them.

arkanciscan 6y ago
Everyone has SMS
- yoz-y 6y ago
  SMS doesn’t do groups or images. Maybe RCS will one day work?
  - zamalek 6y ago
    MMS does, and does so transparently across platforms (iOS, Android). You must have a very old phone if it does not work for you.
    - yoz-y 6y ago
      Back when it made sense to send MMS messages (i.e. when everybody haven’t had something like WhatsApp) they were ridiculously expensive while sms was free on most plans. Nowadays it’s different but for example on my plan, sending MMS while on roaming is not plain data depending on the destination.
  - arkanciscan 6y ago
    The criteria was that everyone needs to have access to the messaging platform. SMS checks that box. SMS does not do literally everything, but that's not the most important quality of a messaging platform.
- Zak 6y ago
  SMS isn't a great option if you're communicating with people in multiple countries, and often not if you're traveling internationally yourself. Signal might be, if only we could get everybody to use it.
minhazm 6y ago
You can deactivate your Facebook profile but still continue to use Messenger, so that's an option.
- offtop5 6y ago
  Will definitely consider this. One issue maybe that I do get invited to a handful of events. How exactly does this work. No longer having a public page , but people being able to contact me would be great .
lilSebastian 6y ago
Both have lower barriers for entry, and protect your privacy better. Given the nature of the post under discussion this seems relevant to proceedings

pmlnr 6y ago

They won't. Been there. I asked a lot of people to contact me on phone, sms, email, etc. but not on facebook. Most of them I haven't spoken for years now, ever since I silently deactivated FB. Turns out they were/are not actually interested in me.

quickthrower2 6y ago
Better that you know. Can invest time in better friends.