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Signal at the moment requires a phone number. People don't like that e.g. for privacy reasons. Signal said they'll eventually support usernames, this is a signal that there's progress.
Signal will still require a phone number for registration. You will be able to hide your phone number and use a username instead.
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Signal isn’t a social network… it’s a messaging app.
I mean, I dont agree with the person you are replying to, but signal absolutely is a social network. Its a network you use to communicate socially. You can argue its not social media , but I think the stories feature definitely puts it on the social media spectrum to some degree.
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I mean, I dont agree with the person you are replying to, but signal absolutely is a social network. Its a network you use to communicate socially. You can argue its not social media , but I think the stories feature definitely puts it on the social media spectrum to some degree.
Does anyone actually use the stories feature?
Signal is finally copying what Telegram has implemented since long ago? Do people in the West simply do not care about hiding their number (judging by WhatsApp and Signal)?
The friction is slight for users, but higher for scammers that might go through thousands of accounts. Telegram is too easy to sign up, so it's mostly scams.
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I mean, I dont agree with the person you are replying to, but signal absolutely is a social network. Its a network you use to communicate socially. You can argue its not social media , but I think the stories feature definitely puts it on the social media spectrum to some degree.
Does anyone actually use the stories feature?
It's like saying no one uses Facebook or Google anymore. That's true for certain bubbles, and it's hard to know when you're in one, but, say least for those two, it's not too hard to look outside your bubble.
Now the cryptocurrency integration, that one I do wonder about. (Since my friend group doesn't use it and I'm extrapolating :) ).
What are we looking at here?
Signal at the moment requires a phone number. People don't like that e.g. for privacy reasons. Signal said they'll eventually support usernames, this is a signal that there's progress.
Signal is finally copying what Telegram has implemented since long ago? Do people in the West simply do not care about hiding their number (judging by WhatsApp and Signal)?
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Signal at the moment requires a phone number. People don't like that e.g. for privacy reasons. Signal said they'll eventually support usernames, this is a signal that there's progress.
Signal will still require a phone number for registration. You will be able to hide your phone number and use a username instead.
Signal is finally copying what Telegram has implemented since long ago? Do people in the West simply do not care about hiding their number (judging by WhatsApp and Signal)?
Phone numbers are a quite ridiculously small problem compared to that.