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Sadly? Not for me. Here is one big reason I prefer services like WhatsApp (I don’t actually use WhatsApp itself): I do not want the presence reporting. I want
by micampe 14y ago
Sadly? Not for me. Here is one big reason I prefer services like WhatsApp (I don’t actually use WhatsApp itself): I do not want the presence reporting.
I want to send a message to people and they read and respond whenever they want. I want people to message me and I read and respond whenever I want.
I don’t want to deal with ping, hey, you are online why are you not responding. This is why half my Gtalk contacts are always “away” even if they are at the keyboard: presence status has become useless, let’s just get rid of it.
- derefr 14y agoTracking "presence" makes sense when the program implementing it is running on a computer sitting on a desk, and then you sometimes walk away from that desk. Presence makes almost no sense when the program implementing it resides on a phone, where any time someone sends you a message--even if the application isn't running--you'll know (because your pants just buzzed), and could very well react to it if you felt like it. You're always "present"; you're just sometimes purposefully non-responsive. ...now, on the other hand, "openness to being interrupted" status could be pretty useful. :)
- micampe 14y agoHalf my contacts are always away, and have been for years. I think what you want should be a setting in my machine (whether phone or computer): silence all notifications when I don’t want to be interrupted (I use iOS “Do Not Disturb” all the time).
- Uchikoma 14y agoVery enlightening thought for mobile.