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I tried this. and it didn't work! network effect is a thing and its hard to move away as people have to maintain 2 messengers.
by earth2mars 4y ago
I tried this. and it didn't work! network effect is a thing and its hard to move away as people have to maintain 2 messengers.
- zaik 4y agoIt helped a lot that I refuse to be reachable on messengers that are not XMPP compatible. Most of the people I care about actually have reachable chat addresses now. For the rest I fallback to SMS and Email.
- kiawe_fire 4y ago> network effect is a thing Sure is. So is getting anyone to do more than the default. I have an extended family SMS group, an "after hours" work SMS group, and an SMS group of some people I play online computer games with. Nobody across any of these groups is happy with the down-sampled videos, the inconsistent emoji reactions, and other SMS oddities. It's a constant complaint across all groups. I have suggested we switch to Telegram or Signal multiple times. Not a single person is happy with SMS. Not a single person has even bothered to install Telegram or Signal.