Get your loved ones off Facebook

Re:Get your loved ones off Facebook by batiudrami on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @01:52AM (#14399091)

For actual communication (messaging) it is actually one of the best. It is fast, reliable, and has genuinely great value adds like group messaging, encrypted messages, expiring messages and photos, location sharing, rich attatchments, seen notifications, integration with facebook profiles means I can find anyone (who has a profile) even if I don't have their contact details.

Sure the app is a bit heavy with features I don't personally use (stickers, chat heads, games, stories) but it's at the point where it's easily the best messaging client I've used.

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Re:Get your loved ones off Facebook by Ntrails on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @07:43AM (#14400419)

I can't use it without installing an app on my phone, even when I force desktop (which used to work).

Remember when they tried to replace email with facebook messenger? And then tried to replace text messaging/etc?

If it's the best messaging client you've used, I'm bemused, because it's honestly no better than AIM was in 2002 for communicating with friends on my computer. In fact I probably find it worse most of the time.

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Re:Get your loved ones off Facebook by batiudrami on Wednesday May 24, 2017 @12:49AM (#14407671)

Perhaps you and I have different needs. AIM didn't have any of the features I mentioned except group messaging.

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Re:Get your loved ones off Facebook by whyever on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @03:46AM (#14399585)

Signal has most of these features as well.

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Re:Get your loved ones off Facebook by batiudrami on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @03:54AM (#14399617)

Sure, but Facebook Messenger has all my friends.

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Re:Get your loved ones off Facebook by satsuma on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @12:53PM (#14402848)

This is really the crux of the matter. No matter how much a program kicks ass, if nobody uses it nobody is going to want to use it.

Getting friends to switch to Telegram from Skype was a pain. Turning around and saying, after they got cozy, "hey Telegram blows, come check out Signal!" would result in rolled eyes and nothing more.

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