Re:Keep your phone number private with Signal usernames
by op00to on Tuesday February 20, 2024 @09:18PM
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> Do people really expect to still exchange phone numbers
Yes. This is the norm in the US.
Re:Keep your phone number private with Signal usernames
by fastball on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @12:35AM
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And everywhere else on earth.
Re:Keep your phone number private with Signal usernames
by makeitdouble on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @03:59AM
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Not really, for better or worse.
In many countries SMS was either crazy expensive, unreliable, wall gardened to death (can't message people on other carriers...) and had no traction in the first place.
Then phone calls are also crazy expensive: I'm looking at the phone plans right now and the main focus is the data amount. Phone call options are either to only allow for super short conversations for a flat fee (less than 5min per call, for a 25% increase in the monthly plan) or 30 min to an hour of phone call for double to triple the price of the plans.
Moving to an alternative is just the normal course given these incentives, and that's what people did in droves (looking at Japan for instance)
Do people really expect to still exchange phone numbers ?
Fundamentally I don't want people to call me nor SMS me (that's for spam only), most messaging services will allow contact exchange through a QR code inside the app, and if everything else fail an email address will be the most stable fallback.