2k20 worst social media platform (facebook, twitter, instagram)

Signal has been great for a long-distance relationship, just talking back and forth in an ongoing way (vs. texting, calls, emails, whatever.). Not sure if this is the same as WeChat, other than that it’s encrypted.

sex?

Or the overthrow of the government, either/or.

Why has WhatsApp never taken off in the U.S.? It seems ubiquitous in other countries.

Why has WhatsApp never taken off in the U.S.? It seems ubiquitous in other countries.

It's extremely popular among immigrants from Central and South America, and probably Africa as well (all the African musicians I know contact me via WhatsApp).

My job uses WhatsApp because we have a lot of India/Philippines colleagues

That Budweiser ad campaign. Not enough time has passed to recover

Bud
Weis
Fuel can't melt steel

WhatsApp a Facebook app is why I steer clear.

for group & individual chat in China I used Wechat, in the UK I use WhatsApp, what do people use in the US if not WhatsApp?

two separate threads on ilxor.com

but my mum isn't on ilxor.com (or is she?)

maybe there shoul dbe a thread about Signal

only Signal I care about

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqF4Qtz7BkM

https://sourceforge.net/software/compare/Discord-vs-Signal-vs-Slack-vs-WeChat/

only Discord I care about

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiiqVFsz0dE

a very frantic song

don't have any fav songs about wechat or whatsapp but might be able to find one about slack

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9xjj4LV6G0

still relevant:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gl1CsAdfaLk

Jim Cramer is tearing up over $META

Generational bottom in process pic.twitter.com/3tICGm6qoi

— Inverse Cramer ETF (Not Jim Cramer) (@CramerTracker) October 27, 2022

"Let me say this: I made a mistake here. I was wrong. I trusted this management team. That was ill-advised. The hubris here is extraordinary, and I apologize," Cramer said. "OK," said Faber. "What did you get wrong?"
Cramer explained that he did not expect Meta to spend as much as it had, calling it "almost a rogue situation."
"What did I get wrong?" he said, visibly choking up. "I trusted them, not myself. For that I regret. I've been in this business for 40 years, and I did a bad job. I'm not proud."

HE MADE A MISTAKE

don't have any fav songs about wechat or whatsapp but might be able to find one about slack

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TzdnH3GZ2o

Why has WhatsApp never taken off in the U.S.? It seems ubiquitous in other countries.

there's a huge first mover advantage with this stuff - whatsapp got to a lot of the world before fb or anything else did (before fb acquired it), while fb messenger is still fairly popular (the most popular? idk) in the usa. it's also why line is the most popular in japan/taiwan/thailand, and why kakaotalk is the most popular in south korea.

i remember teaching a class at columbia the day whatsapp was acquired (2013?) and going into the class and saying to 20 students "did you hear how much facebook paid for whatsapp? crazy right?" and the only one who had even heard of whatsapp was from iran.

So you're saying it didn't devolve into a bad "who's on first" routine?

ha!

is whatsapp just a messenger? when i had it, i just used it to message people, but apparently things "go viral" on whatsapp

think of it like something going viral via email forwards

kind of. it has a "forward" feature which boomers use, and the groups can get very large (e.g. conservative MPs famously use it).

maximum group size is 512. (imessage is 32 by comparison.)

The only reason I have WhatsApp is because I don't have an iPhone, so it's the easiest cheap way for me to communicate with family overseas.

like a discord

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yeah groups mean you don't have to type out a bunch of people's addresses, but the basic principle is still the same, no? hence the word "forward" enduring. It's much faster and scaled-up ofc, but my point was virality originated in messaging media so it's not surprising or new. I haven't been on it in years though, so maybe I'm missing something

I don't think with Whatsapp that you can join topic-based servers filled with randos like on Discord, but I genuinely don't know if that's right

you can't. it's basically imessage but with a better UX for large groups and no fear that someone with green bubbles will mess things up, and a thing called "broadcast lists" which are groups where only one person can post (schools and daycares like those IIUC).

interesting correction to my "virality originated in messaging media" claim that I just remembered: https://viraltexts.org/

Genuinely had no idea WhatsApp wasn’t popular in America. My account dates back to 2009/2010(?), when I had a blackberry (lol) and WhatsApp was the only app that allowed you to talk cross platform with friends on iPhone and Android.

i use whatsapp for chats with my husband and no one else. i have absolutely no idea or recollection as to how that happened, and i don't care. thanks for listening.

I also use WhatsApp for family chats to include family living overseas.

I have a bunch of different groups on Whatsapp (basically the only social I'm still on if it even counts): family, teacher mates, a group of old-school friends (some of whom are abroad), a bunch of people into cricket, a group specifically for soul music shares, etc. They're all active, some daily, some weekly.

First got WhatsApp when I had a baby and it was a good way of keeping in touch with my NCT group... so nearly 8 years ago. Like kettles, I had no idea Americans don't use it...

it was "sold" to me as phone messaging you can do on Wifi instead of using/ paying for SMS. Something like Facebook messenger has never been as widely used or simple to use imo.

People pay per text???????

PS I am an ignorant American

A long time ago you paid for phone minutes and texts. Now iirc it's more common to have a contract with a set number of minutes and texts allowed and charged per if you go over - but that still might be outdated, I dunno, I think I have unlimited texts now and possibly unlimited minutes - who even texts any more? Things have changed a lot in the last 8 years but WhatsApp still covers most bases.

When I lived in the US you had to pay to RECEIVE a text as well - if you had a pay-as-you-go plan. Never had that in the UK!

I like texting because there is no read receipt functionality, unlike WhatsApp. I like the idea of sending a message out there into the ether and not knowing when or even if it will be picked up and read. Also I turn my 4G off when I'm out of the house so I've trained my family to text me if they want to contact me when I'm out.

otm. Can't believe that "last seen" online business with whatsapp. You can turn that off but not the read receipts.

Text and call minute limits are a not so distant memory in Canada, to the point where every single current plan by every provider boasts "unlimited calling and texting!".. Other than some lower tier ones that might still have a very limited $15 a month rate. It's generally all about the gigos now, $50 a month for 6gb and whatnot on the website rates, with more reasonable prices traded in whispers at kiosks.

I'm picking up a new sim card today. God bless.

You can turn read receipts off in WhatsApp, it's right there in privacy settings. On my version at least.

so there is! done. cheers

I like the idea of sending a message out there into the ether and not knowing when or even if it will be picked up and read.

I've actually just bought a house phone... which will function as a landline pretty much, but without the line rental I refuse to pay. I'll put a PAYG sim in it and just remember to use it twice a year or so so it doesn't expire. Thought it might be useful to have something the kids can use in an emergency etc. It's like an office phone and it receives SMS!