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Besides fighting spam accounts, finding and connecting with others is easier. No more needing to ask somebody what their account name / friend code / ICQ number
by fooqux 4y ago
Besides fighting spam accounts, finding and connecting with others is easier. No more needing to ask somebody what their account name / friend code / ICQ number / whatever UID a system uses to add them to your contacts. It's not a good user experience to type in someone's sometimes insane username.
Meanwhile, someone in my contacts that installs Signal automatically sees my name pop up and can start chatting. Far easier, and helps drive adoption.
- Macha 4y agoExcept the reality is that I'm asking for a phone number to add people (well on whatsapp here in europe), and most screen names people chose can be communicated verbally while phone numbers often have people resorting to handing the phone displaying the number around.
- cmeacham98 4y agoThere's no need to make it a requirement for this. Matrix has similar functionality, but doesn't require that you add your phone, just makes it an option.