Signal. I love it but can't always get people to use it
this post was submitted on 22 Aug 2023
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Ugh. Signal for me, as well. I love it, it was amazing, I was getting decent adoption across my friends and family... And then they removed SMS support and all that momentum got lost. It was the one thing I could leverage to get folks on board, and now it's gone. Myself, one friend, and my father still use it despite the change. But I can't get anyone to even look at it anymore.
I just wish Signal had better history and backup features.
Yea Telegram is better for some stuff like that
Back in the days before smartphones, when people were still messaging from their PCs like dirty cavemen, I've gone trough a lot of messenging apps, but this Jabber client called AQQ was my favourite. Community created plugin-ins with extra functionalities and skins that could completely change its look, so the below are examples:
(one of the first apps I remember that embraced the dark themes, though there were all kinds of them, including light and pink...)
It supported multiple networks simultaneously, something that doesn't happen nowadays.
Like all of those apps, in the end, it lost to Facebook messages.
EDIT: only now I noticed the second part of the question - "... and rejoined". Sorry, I'm stoned. In this comment branch we name the ones we're just sorry they're gone แ( แ )แ
Haaaa! I haven't heard about Jabber in waaay too long. Thanks for the memories.
Ah, multiple networks. I remember using Miranda IM to connect to ICQ, MSN, Yahoo Chat, AIM, Jabber, and Google Chat (when they used XMPP).
I have a love hate relationship with Telegram. I want to like it, but I don't, so I install it every once in a while, but then delete it again.
For me it's the other way around. I don't like Telegram, but it has great UX and some important communities.
I don't really get messaging apps. I have discord on my phone but I disabled notifications because my phone buzzes any time someone posts anything in any community I'm a part of and it was getting really annoying. I also don't use it for messaging, I just use it for the voice lobbies.
Other than that, I text exclusively.
You can adjust it in settings so it only sends you notifications when someone DMs you or specifically mentions you in can.
I'm sure there is but I never bothered, just disabled the notifications in my android settings. People who know me know that if they wanna contact me they can call or text so it's never really been an issue.
You let people CALL you!? The horror.
Snapchat.
I hate when the only way to get in touch with people is to use a shitty app like it.
Same with me.
Snapchat is so bloated. But the ability to just take easily take a video and send it is awesome. It's really a convience factor. My most used group chat is on signal, but we still use snapchat for videos with eachother
i use snapchat to bypass discord