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A lot of this overreaction reminds me of when Facebook bought WhatsApp. All the alternatives came up for a few weeks/months, but the dust settled and not that m
by jayflux 4y ago
A lot of this overreaction reminds me of when Facebook bought WhatsApp. All the alternatives came up for a few weeks/months, but the dust settled and not that many left in the end. Maybe it’s different this time? But the cycle feels the same
- whimsicalism 4y agoSignal is gradually gaining adoption in the circles that I am in. Few years ago? Unusable. Now, many of the people I meet are fine starting a signal chat instead of SMS.
- klabb3 4y agoYep. I have tons of people on signal today, and when I started it was just 1 or 2. About half came after the whatsapp exodus, and then it's been a steady trickle. To be clear, it's still not enough to start a group chat with random people because of course that's a problem in 2022.
- ronnier 4y agoI mainly use only signal now. I feel very uncomfortable using other messaging platforms that keep the text sitting in a database that is either plain text or encrypted with keys they have. I mean private messaging apps, not things like twitter or HN.
- pjc50 4y agoDid whatsapp change significantly? Twitter has a "culture" in a way that whatsapp doesn't really. That's a lot more ephemeral and subject to disruption.
- raytube 4y agoIt's where the people are. I don't use Facebook in the main, but there is a local neighborhood group that I feel I have to subscribe to. You don't always get to pick the venue.