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Re:Poll: Switching from WhatsApp by nindalf on Thursday January 07, 2021 @08:36AM (#25670816)
Regardless of your opinion of this comment, it's still worthwhile to have the option of "staying with WhatsApp" in the poll.
Re:Poll: Switching from WhatsApp by throwaway2245 on Thursday January 07, 2021 @08:56AM (#25671026)
The link is titled "Switching from WhatsApp".

If you're not interested in switching, then this thread is not for you. A Hacker News poll is not scientific research.

Re:Poll: Switching from WhatsApp by fsflover on Thursday January 07, 2021 @08:40AM (#25670856)
The question is "To which app are you going to switch?", not "What are you using?"

It may take a long time and huge effort to switch, but people are starting to do it.

Re:Poll: Switching from WhatsApp by nindalf on Thursday January 07, 2021 @08:45AM (#25670915)
> The question is "To which app are you going to switch?"

And a reasonable answer is "your assumption is wrong, I don't plan to switch at all". I have no doubt that some people will switch, what I'd like to know if that movement is niche or mainstream.

Re:Poll: Switching from WhatsApp by fsflover on Thursday January 07, 2021 @08:49AM (#25670961)
Then this question is not for you. People who want to switch decided to find out which option is supported by the community more. No one is interested how many people stay on Whatsapp (I know that it's a lot).
Re:Poll: Switching from WhatsApp by pbhjpbhj on Thursday January 07, 2021 @11:01AM (#25672508)
I'm interested in how many stay on WhatsApp. If 1000, in the poll are moving to Telegram, but 10,000 are staying on WhatsApp that changes the complexion of the result considerably.

But then I'm off the opinion petitions should collect both for-and-against responses; government petitions should be required to do so.

Re:Poll: Switching from WhatsApp by helmholtz on Thursday January 07, 2021 @08:59AM (#25671063)
No.

I'm sorry, but that is a different question, and you're welcome to ask it. This type of thing is a bloody epidemic on the internet, where people will ask a question; "Do I use Atom or VS Code?" and millions of idiots will pile on saying "Just use Emacs". Aaargh! Just stick to the confines of the question! Too many discussions have gotten derailed on stack exchange, reddit, microsoft answers...nowhere is safe.

These kinds of sermonising replies would still be OK if the author first spent some time answering the question on its own merit and then talked about alternatives. Otherwise, it's preachy and irritating.

Re:Poll: Switching from WhatsApp by mkmk2 on Thursday January 07, 2021 @08:49AM (#25670955)
And an answer to that is maybe youre not the intended target of this poll. If the op is looking for alternatives, that's not a very useful option
Re:Poll: Switching from WhatsApp by koheripbal on Thursday January 07, 2021 @08:41AM (#25670859)
Yes, the second paragraph in the parent comment is a distraction from the valid point.