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> “I’m not going to install yet another chat app” This is legitimate. I have to use: - iMessage & SMS for most US based family, casual friends and co workers
by bdunks 8mo ago
> “I’m not going to install yet another chat app”
This is legitimate.
I have to use:
- iMessage & SMS for most US based family, casual friends and co workers.
- WhatsApp for European Family
- Signal for one group of friends
- Telegram for another group of friends
Every time I message someone I have to remember what app to use. It’s annoying. This in addition to random threads that pick up with the same people on instagram, discord, etc., which I try to redirect to our “standard” channel as aggressively as I can.
- shagie 8mo agoThe relevant xkcd is Chat Systems https://xkcd.com/1810/ https://xkcd.com/1810/
- bdunks 8mo agoAs they say, a relevant XKCD for everything. Thanks for sharing. I hadn’t seen that one before.
- shagie 8mo agoWhile I knew that one off the top of my head... one of the neat "Show HN" that I recall from a bit ago: Show HN: Find the relevant Xkcd comic for your post using RAG https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44799291 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44799291 > How it works - Simply paste your entire message or post into the search box to get the most relevant xkcd for it. No need to search by keywords, etc.
- ptman 8mo agoIn my case matrix with bridges allows me to ignore many separate apps: whatsapp,telegram,slack,irc,...