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I completely agree with this- emails are cross-platform and available on the vast majority of connected devices, no phone required. The IM option of this theor

by bcraven 13y ago

I completely agree with this- emails are cross-platform and available on the vast majority of connected devices, no phone required. The IM option of this theory also fails to mention that the number of different IM options all fail to talk to each other, or even an overarching client (like Pidgin or imo). Remembering which of my contacts use Snapchat vs Whatsapp vs Facebook vs Hangouts seems utterly incompatible with the idea of the internet connecting people.

MasterScrat 13y ago
Yes plus a lot of these networks fail pretty hard... with Gtalk/Hangouts for example it's not rare to miss notifications because you got them on the laptop but not on your phone, or the opposite. Also Whatsapp stupidly doesn't provide a web or desktop interface. Skype on mobile devices uses way more power than it should. In the end I hate Facebook for a number of reasons but it's the only reliable solution I have found so far: fast, reliable, (nearly) everyone is there.
- Perseids 13y ago
  > In the end I hate Facebook for a number of reasons but it's the only reliable solution I have found so far: fast, reliable, (nearly) everyone is there. Doesn't this even more so apply to email? I don't know a single person who has a facebook account but not an email address. And even for those there is a build-in email bridge: https://www.facebook.com/help/224049364288051 https://www.facebook.com/help/224049364288051