• Otter@lemmy.ca
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    8 months ago

    You could try and run both

    Keep whatsapp, and slowly switch contacts to Signal (it might just be close friends and family). That’s what people around me are doing

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        8 months ago

        Haha, that’s kinda funny. Then people are like.

        Just tell your friends and family to stop using iMessage. Like everyone will be ok to switch their routine just like that.

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          8 months ago

          It’s definitely not for everyone. For me it’s

          • some use signal with me / others exclusively, sending the occasional message elsewhere when on a certain device or sharing within a platform
          • some use signal for sensitive conversations, and use other platforms most of the time
          • some just don’t. If I need to have a sensitive conversation with them, I do it in person
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      8 months ago

      I managed to convince one long distance friend a few years ago. So now I need to keep Signal just to be able to communicate with him.

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      8 months ago

      I have both WhatsApp and Signal installed.

      In the 3 years or so since I installed Signal, I haven’t had a single conversation on it. Only a handful of people from my Contact book are showing as Signal users, and none of them people I speak to regularly.

      I live in anticipation of someone deciding to message me on there, but I’m not exactly optimistic at this point.

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        8 months ago

        I met one person a few months ago who also used signal primarily. It did feel weird adding someone normally. Usually when I add someone it’s their first time with signal

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      8 months ago

      It’s not about converting people close to you. In some situations, you’re asking them to install an app just to talk to you, while everyone else they talk to is on WhatsApp. I personally have to use WhatsApp for work and for personal, otherwise I’d literally not get those messages. There’s no option when, if you stop a random person on the street, regardless of what OS their phone is running, and ask to look at their phone, it’s going to have WhatsApp installed. It’s like your phone having email; who the fuck doesn’t have email? It’s the same with Whatsapp, it’s just assumed you have it.