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How Group Chats Rule the World

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Re: How Group Chats Rule the World

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Post by mholm »

jerojero wrote: post #5

It's interesting that for this journalist the group chat is always an extension and in some way connected to her "real" life. There is not really a mention as to how I, and I believe many other, really use group chats. Yeah. Of course I have a couple group chats with people I know... But these do not compare to the ones that I'm in that have been formed entirely online. The dynamics might be similar but in my experie…

The 'solely online' group chat really doesn't seem to be the norm for all but a very specific demographic. It's also very different from what is being discussed in the article.

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Post by gbalduzzi »

somewhereoutth wrote: post #9

> one has become such a dominant feature of my social life that it is simply named “The Girls,” as if there were no other girls. (The act of naming of a group chat in iMessage indicates, to some degree, its staying power, no matter how silly the name itself may be.) Thus “The Girls” has become one of the first places any of us would look to make social plans. At least, I think so — it is highly possible that for one…

I feel like this is standard since 2015

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Post by niyaven »

bradhe wrote: post #3

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Post by dingnuts »

kridsdale1 wrote: post #6
bradhe wrote: post #3

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Or you could pay for journalism.

if the NYT wants me to buy a subscription they are going to have to do something about the reputation they have for canceling one. Predatory company. Frankly I hope they go out of business along with most of the legacy media

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Post by whstl »

gbalduzzi wrote: post #12
somewhereoutth wrote: post #9

> one has become such a dominant feature of my social life that it is simply named “The Girls,” as if there were no other girls. (The act of naming of a group chat in iMessage indicates, to some degree, its staying power, no matter how silly the name itself may be.) Thus “The Girls” has become one of the first places any of us would look to make social plans. At least, I think so — it is highly possible that for one…

I feel like this is standard since 2015

Sounds right to me.

I remember that around 2011-2012 IIRC, back when WhatsApp used to cost 99 cents, half my friends actually paid for it.

The next few years were spent trying to get people to migrate out of other apps (like Facebook Messenger) into it. By 2015 there were very very few people using mainly FB in my circle.

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Post by fourside »

jakupovic wrote: post #7
kridsdale1 wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or you could pay for journalism.

I wonder how well HN would do if it were pay-walled? I'm guessing not very well. Then asking people who are here because it's free to pay for linked content is wrong? Hence, I can understand the sentiment behind blocking the nyt content, but not sure I'm 100% behind it, just like I'm not behind making HN for a fee.

That’s an apple to oranges comparison. HN is an online community where most of the value comes from content generated by users (votes, comments, submissions) and the moderation by folks like dang. NY times gets most of its value from the content that its employees create.

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Post by massysett »

dingnuts wrote: post #14
kridsdale1 wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or you could pay for journalism.

if the NYT wants me to buy a subscription they are going to have to do something about the reputation they have for canceling one. Predatory company. Frankly I hope they go out of business along with most of the legacy media

Get it through Apple, cancel anytime through Apple's UI.

This does of course require you to have Apple devices. However I am much more likely to subscribe to low-dollar subscriptions through Apple, precisely because I know I can cancel with no issues.

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Post by marssaxman »

gbalduzzi wrote: post #12
somewhereoutth wrote: post #9

> one has become such a dominant feature of my social life that it is simply named “The Girls,” as if there were no other girls. (The act of naming of a group chat in iMessage indicates, to some degree, its staying power, no matter how silly the name itself may be.) Thus “The Girls” has become one of the first places any of us would look to make social plans. At least, I think so — it is highly possible that for one…

I feel like this is standard since 2015

How dismally tiny this all seems!

I miss being part of something that felt like a community. I don't know where to find that anymore.

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