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This is the pragmatic approach to the issue. Switching from a ubiquitous communications platform to something that practically nobody uses (relative to WhatsApp
by selfhoster11 6y ago
This is the pragmatic approach to the issue. Switching from a ubiquitous communications platform to something that practically nobody uses (relative to WhatsApp's active user numbers) carries a high cost in Weirdness Points[0], and those are only very slowly renewable unless you want to be seen as "the rebel of the family".
[0] https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/wkuDgmpxwbu2M2k3w/you-have-a-set-amount-of-weirdness-points-spend-them-wisely https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/wkuDgmpxwbu2M2k3w/you-have-a...
- bitcharmer 6y ago> This is the pragmatic approach to the issue There is nothing pragmatic in helping Facebook dominate our lives entirely.
- cassianoleal 6y agoAs with anything else, pragmatism is heavily dependent on context. Perhaps for that user, this is the pragmatic approach. To me, it's the opposite.