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It does record "history" - if it didn't, the recipient would see it appear and then immediately vanish in the next refresh of the screen, which is not the case.
by dataflow 4y ago
It does record "history" - if it didn't, the recipient would see it appear and then immediately vanish in the next refresh of the screen, which is not the case. The thing is, it only keeps the history for a short period of time (hours/days). That's not the same thing as an unrecorded call, which isn't recorded for any period at all.
- hackernewds 4y agoThat is understood. However the medium begets a conversation around how most communication isn't recorded anyways, in this example if it were a phone call.
- dataflow 4y agoI don't think I understand what you're trying to say. Could you please rephrase/clarify?
- macintux 4y agoMost communication isn’t recorded? I suspect that’s not accurate. Mail, messages, chat, ticketing systems…phone calls are definitely an outlier in my world. Even face to face is rare.
- masklinn 4y agoBut it’s not, which is the point. It’s a chat with a recorded history, whose history gets deleted after some time.