I get the use of "stickers" and voice messages (btw "stickers" uugh this is just a new name for an old thing, it's just image-based emojis, phpbb back again.. b

I get the use of "stickers" and voice messages (btw "stickers" uugh this is just a new name for an old thing, it's just image-based emojis, phpbb back again.. but well, someone thought this feature needed a name). These are actually ok communication tools. But stories ffs. Having stories in a privacy oriented chat app feels like building an electric hummer and calling it climate friendly. The whole "stories" ux is short-video attention bait for viewers, and "get more data online" bait with addictive reward for uploaders. Just zoom out and look at what you're doing, perhaps some stuff is plain user-hostile ux and should not just get slapped a "organic" stamp. And yes, perhaps some users will have grown into the habit of using this thing. Maybe this isn't a reason for accepting everything. edit: i get it, i'm screaming at clouds, at this point it's pretty clear that signal's position is quite consensual in its social-media and tech establishment critique. For one they actually are part of it and second they market themselves as "mainstream".. But still, every time they blog on how they're such good guys i'm getting triggered. It's nice they exist but they bow down to so much.