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651 points openchampagne | 2 comments | 04 Feb 25 16:21 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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kimi ◴[04 Feb 25 16:43 UTC] No.42934798[source]▶
What's wrong with "create a Whatsapp group and invite all your friends there, and if they don't care they just mute/leave"?
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rconti ◴[04 Feb 25 21:07 UTC] No.42938712[source]▶
I don't use WhatsApp, though I probably have it installed on my phone.

I'm in a birthday party planning group on Signal, which is another app I hadn't used in years. It's easy to forget I have messages there because it's not on my home screen, or the notification settings are different from my normal Messages app, or I just forget to look.

Each time you use a "different" app for something that's not in your habit loop, your response time gets delayed and you're less likely to notice communications. An app needs to get fairly regular use to become as useful as a primary app, even if, from a technical standpoint, there's nothing wrong with them.

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1. Zak ◴[04 Feb 25 22:50 UTC] No.42940245[source]▶
I would expect most people to turn on notifications for anything that's reasonably described as a messaging app with similar settings to the ones they're already in the habit of using. Certainly disabling or silencing notifications would make it less useful.
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2. rconti ◴[05 Feb 25 18:22 UTC] No.42952863[source]▶
Sure. I'm describing the real-world difference between using an app you're familiar with vs adding a new one to your repertoire. You're describing the ideal state, which is not one we all live in.

IOW: When I started using signal again, I didn't set aside 5 minutes to analyze the differences in notification settings between my messaging apps and consider the implications of them. I just opened the app and typed a message.