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Re:Facebook Chats Are Being Scanned by a CIA Funded Company? by Neetpeople on Tuesday April 14, 2015 @01:52PM (#9376043)
Would you find it strenuous to tell your friends about if such a thing existed?

I've always had a thesis that I'm not sure is true, perhaps i'm not social enough, although I have my facebook friends and many contacts in my phone I really only talk to 3-8 people. If such a thing existed I don't even know if it would be too much work to switch since I would only tell that small amount of people.

But perhaps i'm too antisocial, I wonder what other people think about that.

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Re:Facebook Chats Are Being Scanned by a CIA Funded Company? by wongarsu on Wednesday April 15, 2015 @08:10AM (#9380361)
Our whole friend group once switched to TextSecure we were all fed up with Facebook. Sadly, Facebook is a lot better than TextSecure and we switched back again.

I think if a competitor showed up that is seriously better than Facebook, every person switching could have a huge Ripple Effect. People already use a multitude of Apps/Services for communication, using one more isn't a big enough cost to invoke the network effect in my opinion.

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