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> Texts is an app for all your messaging apps. You can use it to log in to WhatsApp, Instagram, LinkedIn, Signal, iMessage, and more and see and respond to all

> Texts is an app for all your messaging apps. You can use it to log in to WhatsApp, Instagram, LinkedIn, Signal, iMessage, and more and see and respond to all your messages in one place. Sigh So it's Pidgim for mobile phones basically? I think Wordpress was a one-hit-wonder for historical reasons, but I don't see much value in this

3c6bYDXLMj 3y ago
Pidgin is (was?) a niche nerd app that nobody uses anymore. Not everything is about technological advancement. We haven’t had one of these for a while. Certainly not with the new crop of messaging services. Who’s to say that it won’t catch on. Certainly not you.
- raverbashing 3y ago
  Funny. I suppose that, if that's how Matt takes criticism, no wonder Tumblr's purchase went the way it went.
nanna 3y ago
I was about to say no it's not like Pidgin because Pidgin doesn't support Whatsapp, Signal, Twitter, etc, but... apparently it does? Anyone know how well this works? https://pidgin.im/plugins/?publisher=all&query=&type= https://pidgin.im/plugins/?publisher=all&query=&type=
millzlane 3y ago
I did a find before posting my comment and found yours. "Cool I like Wordpress. But they bought a fancy Pidgin clone for 50mil...? https://pidgin.im/ https://pidgin.im/" I didn't see the value $50 mill either. My immediate thought is many people use instant messaging but don't call it that they call it texts. The only reason I can see this being even a little popular is because automatic somehow comes out with a nice mobile app which looks to be in development. But also, if they convince people to pay to test. Which looks like they will "Billed yearly". It's an interesting move. I don't think I will be a customer, but I'm curious to see how it pans out.. At a risk of dating myself. I remember when AIM was free, and free video game Demos came in the mail and in magazines. So I don't see how paying for all of these apps that are free makes any sense. I suppose it would be a perfect tool for an individual to messages many people on many different networks with a couple of the baked in features. But man 100+ bucks a year to prevent the information overload that I created seems like not a good spend for me.
troyvit 3y ago
> So it's Pidgim for mobile phones basically? Except maybe that Text actually works? I just tried Pidgin after being away from it for about 10 years. Its discord integration was lacking. It eventually showed some discord channels and some text in them, but it was incredibly spotty and the UI was useless. I walked away believing Pidgin was a dead project because it acts so much like one.

3c6bYDXLMj 3y ago

Pidgin is (was?) a niche nerd app that nobody uses anymore. Not everything is about technological advancement. We haven’t had one of these for a while. Certainly not with the new crop of messaging services. Who’s to say that it won’t catch on. Certainly not you.

raverbashing 3y ago
Funny. I suppose that, if that's how Matt takes criticism, no wonder Tumblr's purchase went the way it went.

nanna 3y ago

I was about to say no it's not like Pidgin because Pidgin doesn't support Whatsapp, Signal, Twitter, etc, but... apparently it does? Anyone know how well this works? https://pidgin.im/plugins/?publisher=all&query=&type= https://pidgin.im/plugins/?publisher=all&query=&type=

millzlane 3y ago

I did a find before posting my comment and found yours. "Cool I like Wordpress. But they bought a fancy Pidgin clone for 50mil...? https://pidgin.im/ https://pidgin.im/" I didn't see the value $50 mill either. My immediate thought is many people use instant messaging but don't call it that they call it texts. The only reason I can see this being even a little popular is because automatic somehow comes out with a nice mobile app which looks to be in development. But also, if they convince people to pay to test. Which looks like they will "Billed yearly". It's an interesting move. I don't think I will be a customer, but I'm curious to see how it pans out.. At a risk of dating myself. I remember when AIM was free, and free video game Demos came in the mail and in magazines. So I don't see how paying for all of these apps that are free makes any sense. I suppose it would be a perfect tool for an individual to messages many people on many different networks with a couple of the baked in features. But man 100+ bucks a year to prevent the information overload that I created seems like not a good spend for me.

troyvit 3y ago

> So it's Pidgim for mobile phones basically? Except maybe that Text actually works? I just tried Pidgin after being away from it for about 10 years. Its discord integration was lacking. It eventually showed some discord channels and some text in them, but it was incredibly spotty and the UI was useless. I walked away believing Pidgin was a dead project because it acts so much like one.