Re:Stories Are Coming to Signal
by SkyMarshal on Saturday January 08, 2022 @01:07PM
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> I do use it, but I treat it more like a fragile platform where anything can disappear any moment. Don’t share or keep anything valuable on it.
Fwiw most people I use signal with have auto-disappearing messages enabled, so all our comms are ephemeral anyway.
And for private messages, that turns out to be totally fine. I read it, act on it if necessary, open any links in a browser, download any files sent, and then have no need for the message to persist beyond that.
This isn't Twitter where I'm deliberately creating a public record of commentary for like-minded folks to find and engage with me on, that needs to persist for a long time. Signal for when I've already found those folks and need to have private OTR conversations with them.
Fwiw most people I use signal with have auto-disappearing messages enabled, so all our comms are ephemeral anyway.
And for private messages, that turns out to be totally fine. I read it, act on it if necessary, open any links in a browser, download any files sent, and then have no need for the message to persist beyond that.
This isn't Twitter where I'm deliberately creating a public record of commentary for like-minded folks to find and engage with me on, that needs to persist for a long time. Signal for when I've already found those folks and need to have private OTR conversations with them.