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The moment you are forced to install WhatsApp because it is the way the community decided to communicate about the topic for which the group was created, instea
by qwertox 5y ago
The moment you are forced to install WhatsApp because it is the way the community decided to communicate about the topic for which the group was created, instead of just signing up to a site self-hosted by a member via phpBB or some other forum software, you'll know what this is about.
Now I'm granting information (IP-Address, rough location with it, content of the group) to Facebook without having the slightest desire to do this.
- aeturnum 5y agoTo me, when communities choose a managed platform that didn't exist on the old internet, I assume that community would have just died if the managed platform didn't exist. It has never been easier or cheaper to run a phpBB instance than it is right now. That is what I mean when I say we did not lose the old internet - it's more available to us than ever, but people choose not to use it. Like...it is not "lost," it's unpopular. I agree with you about all the drawbacks of WhatsApp, but it sounds like your community doesn't.