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"Sorry, I only use Signal" has worked nearly a decade for me
by OsrsNeedsf2P 2y ago
"Sorry, I only use Signal" has worked nearly a decade for me
- bdangubic 2y agosame
- golergka 2y agoWhat if you need to contact someone and they use whatsapp?
- Henchman21 2y agoIME you say “Sorry I only use Signal” and either they change or you don’t get in contact with that person. If you change and abandon your principles were they really principles in the first place?
- golergka 2y agoHow do you tell that to them in the first place? You got someone's phone number. The person who gives it to you tells them that they use whatsapp. You can't even tell them "Sorry I only use Signal" unless you open whatsapp app.
- basisword 2y agoYou realise you could use that phone number to...call them and let them know? Also - in what situation are they giving you a phone number and telling you they use WhatsApp but you having no way to respond when receiving that info? If it's in person you can explain at the time. If it's taken from a website, call them. Or you can even fall back on SMS.
- prmoustache 2y agoIf they can't reach you via whatsapp, they will call you.
- kelnos 2y agoPresumably at the time they've given you their phone number, they've told you that they are on WhatsApp, and then you've responded directly that you're only on Signal. If there is a communications channel by which they can give you their phone number, you can use that same channel to discuss what messenger to use.
- DemPartyPooper 2y ago[flagged]
- root_axis 2y agoRCS?
- croes 2y agoWhat if they want to contact you and you use Signal?
- jisnsm 2y agoLuckily, with the technological advances in the last months, it is now possible to install more than one app on a phone at a time.
- maigret 2y agoIt is also possible to communicate without using Meta services.
- tumsfestival 2y agoGood luck with that depending on where you live.
- inetknght 2y ago> it is now possible to install more than one app on a phone at a time. And, in doing so, achieve the security posture of the worse of the apps!
- immibis 2y agoIf you really really really need to? You use Whatsapp. If you don't need to? You tell them to get Signal.
- ycombinatrix 2y agoNot GP - I tolerate Whatsapp but I draw the line at SMS.
- Fnoord 2y agoYou call them. Or use SMS. Or use e-mail.
- echelon_musk 2y agoVirtue Signalling!
- throwawayq3423 2y agoWhich is bad, how?
- deleted 2y ago[deleted]
- potato3732842 2y agoIt's a joke, because virtue signaling (or whatever name you want to give it) is bad, but Signal the messenger app is good so it's a play on words.
- heyloolma 2y agoIt’s not bad. It just IS. the only people that think it is bad are people who have a different opinion and feel attacked for whatever reason. I find it telling when people accuse others of virtue signaling because it is almost always someone who is jealous or insecure attacking said signaler.
- DFHippie 2y ago"Virtue signaling" in theory means "talking the talk without walking the walk", but it's generally thrown out by people who make no effort to assess whether the person criticized is walking the walk or even in contradiction of such evidence. Driving an economically efficient car -- choosing any sort of car -- has enormous consequences on one's life, for example. Choosing to by a particular car isn't a decision made lightly. But Prius drivers back in the day were accused of virtue signaling, as though the Prius were equivalent to a temporary tattoo. In fact, speaking of temporary tattoos, simply having a bumper sticker advocating for animal rights, say, belief in anthropogenic climate change, or peace in the Middle East will expose one to regular displays of hostility and aggression, so it isn't a cheap signal. In other words, in my experience your observation is spot on.