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It happens in your phone contacts when you’re deciding who to talk to. You’re starting with your Abrahams, Billys and Changs, probably rarely reaching out to yo
by wryoak 2y ago
It happens in your phone contacts when you’re deciding who to talk to. You’re starting with your Abrahams, Billys and Changs, probably rarely reaching out to your Xaviers, Yusufs and Zeldas about going out tonight because you’ve already assembled a crew by the time you reach the Mimis, Natashas and Ottos.
- IshKebab 2y agoI don't think many people use their phone contact list like that.
- godelski 2y agoI wouldn't be surprised. It's very natural. Probably not for that specific use case but if for some reason you are actually going through the list then it's natural
- smeej 2y agoPlus, it's common for me to meet someone on a first-name basis and not find out their last name right away. And people's last names change more often than their first names. Phone sorting by first name is the way to go.
- thaumasiotes 2y agoDo none of your friends like or dislike any of your other friends?
- wryoak 2y agoProbably but that’s not how they’re organized in my contacts. It’s a list not a graph.
- fsckboy 2y agojust want to add that in my lifetime that switched from being "by last name" to "by first name". So, Yusuf Ahmed and Abraham Zigfeld experienced a noticeable shift in popularity that they were totally unprepared for