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I quit it about a year ago and I cannot even remember what it was like having an account, it just seems so strange that this would be such an important part of

by rocgf 6y ago

I quit it about a year ago and I cannot even remember what it was like having an account, it just seems so strange that this would be such an important part of their online life. Everybody I know is on Whatsapp/Signal, so I really don't feel like I'm missing anything.

ignoramous 6y ago
> Everybody I know is on Whatsapp/Signal... Same, and in addition, everyone I know has since moved to Instagram. I think what Google+ wanted to do with "circles", Twitter and Instagram did it more elegantly with "follows". Reading between the lines of this presentation at f8 [0], I think, even Zuck's resigned to the fact that Facebook the company is now all about WhatsApp and Instagram. The more I think about the WhatsApp deal, the less it makes sense for Jan and Brian to have cashed out. It could have been a different world had they not. [0] https://youtu.be/U8SXVlfh5k0 https://youtu.be/U8SXVlfh5k0
tdfx 6y ago
> Everybody I know is on Whatsapp/Signal I wish I could say this. It seems the US is the only country where everyone wants to continue using SMS/iMessage for everything. It's literally the only way to communicate with most of my American friends.
- pmarreck 6y ago
  > It seems the US is the only country where everyone wants to continue using SMS/iMessage for everything. I use Whatsapp regularly and it still can't hold a candle to iMessage. I blame Android adoption, and the fact that Google never built an iMessage competitor so they are stuck with 20 year old SMS.
  - MarkSweep 6y ago
    Google does have RCS: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Communication_Services https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Communication_Services
- dhsysusbsjsi 6y ago
  The last three weeks I’ve slowly been moving all of my friends and group chats onto Signal (from WhatsApp, which is about to be a huge privacy disaster. If it’s not already...) Most non-nerd friends just do what they’re told and love the idea of “Signal is WhatsApp but Zuck isn’t reading your messages”.

by rocgf 6y ago

ignoramous 6y ago

> Everybody I know is on Whatsapp/Signal... Same, and in addition, everyone I know has since moved to Instagram. I think what Google+ wanted to do with "circles", Twitter and Instagram did it more elegantly with "follows". Reading between the lines of this presentation at f8 [0], I think, even Zuck's resigned to the fact that Facebook the company is now all about WhatsApp and Instagram. The more I think about the WhatsApp deal, the less it makes sense for Jan and Brian to have cashed out. It could have been a different world had they not. [0] https://youtu.be/U8SXVlfh5k0 https://youtu.be/U8SXVlfh5k0

tdfx 6y ago

> Everybody I know is on Whatsapp/Signal I wish I could say this. It seems the US is the only country where everyone wants to continue using SMS/iMessage for everything. It's literally the only way to communicate with most of my American friends.

pmarreck 6y ago
> It seems the US is the only country where everyone wants to continue using SMS/iMessage for everything. I use Whatsapp regularly and it still can't hold a candle to iMessage. I blame Android adoption, and the fact that Google never built an iMessage competitor so they are stuck with 20 year old SMS.
- MarkSweep 6y ago
  Google does have RCS: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Communication_Services https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Communication_Services
dhsysusbsjsi 6y ago
The last three weeks I’ve slowly been moving all of my friends and group chats onto Signal (from WhatsApp, which is about to be a huge privacy disaster. If it’s not already...) Most non-nerd friends just do what they’re told and love the idea of “Signal is WhatsApp but Zuck isn’t reading your messages”.