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How rich?
iPhone rich.
so, only posing as rich is enough?
One trick Apple uses to make you think green bubbles are “gross”
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Re: One trick Apple uses to make you think green bubbles are “gross”
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Even in the US the epicenter of apple market share there are as more androids than apples meanwhile few people even cheaters who have burner numbers. Seems like premature analysis which would be better and easier done after more conversation rather than prejudging half the population.
> Seems like premature analysis which would be better and easier done after more conversation rather than prejudging half the population. If she does not need to deal with people who might have a burner number, she would be stupid to deal with people who might have a burner number
If you wanted to keep a second "burner" phone. Your own prior generation phone would be substantially less suspicious option compared to buying a second device. iPhone users may well in fact prefer an iPhone either a relatively cheap model if they are of the affluent set or a used model purchased for cash. There is absolutely no reason to believe that this would eliminate all burner phones.
Lets do some speculation to firm up the idea. 55% of US users have an android, 45 an iphone and our overall probability of talking to someone who already has a girlfriend is on the overall pretty high say 50% with half of those having a second phone and 80% of those being cheap androids.
The overall percentages of users using each platform is actual the rest is speculation. I have actually probably WAY overestimated the numbers to prove that the strongest argument is basically still bad.
Take 1000 suitors. 500 are cheating bastards. Your chance are 50/50. You apply your first pass green bubble filter and filter out 550 including many good matches.
Lets look at how this effects the cheater pop. We start with 500. 250 aren't using a burner phone and 113 passed the green bubble test another 50 passed because their burner is an iphone.
Your first pass filter only reduced the cheating bastard percentage from 50% to 36%.
Now if we reduce the cheating bastard percentage to a hopefully more realistic 25% we are talking about it reducing the percentage from 25->18.
The worst thing about this algorithm is that it makes it impossible to bubble up especially good choices who nonetheless fail the green bubble test. It's also one that potential bad choices can trivially game by buying a 4 year old iphone on facebook for $90. It's the worst of all possible worlds.
> For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.
H. L. Mencken
Talk to people like human beings and you should be able to more reliably pick out the cheating bastards.
Re: One trick Apple uses to make you think green bubbles are “gross”
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Sidebar, but I care about the headphone jack issue and am still annoyed by it. Bluetooth headphones just aren't very good, and we've all gotten in the habit of buying a new pair every few years because they either break, get lost, are unsupported, or have bad batteries. I previously had the same pair of IEMs for almost a decade that had better sound quality, replaceable cables and eartips, and didn't ever run out of…
I'm down to just using a permanent audio jack to USB c dongle for phones and my computer. Very very silly.
USB-C is a waaaaay less stable connection than Micro-B or even a headphone jack. Having a phone in your pocket with an USB-C to P2 adapter is asking to have your sound stop every 5 minutes of walking.
Re: One trick Apple uses to make you think green bubbles are “gross”
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Serious question: What would be better? What would that look like? (I think the current one is perfect for 1:1 conversations .. Multiple people is more of an issue visually)
A lot of people won't be happy until their phone is just a bash terminal.
No, I'm not one of those either. :)
I'd love to write an article, but currently have no platform (server, site, blog), time and physical power to do so, sadly.
I would propose full-width scalable interface with basic formatting (like Telegram has), without wasted space... but it has to be drawn, words can't show. (
Re: One trick Apple uses to make you think green bubbles are “gross”
#345Earlier quoted context omitted.
A lot of people won't be happy until their phone is just a bash terminal.
No, I'm not one of those either. :) I'd love to write an article, but currently have no platform (server, site, blog), time and physical power to do so, sadly. I would propose full-width scalable interface with basic formatting (like Telegram has), without wasted space... but it has to be drawn, words can't show. (
There's more to it, unfortunately. As if it wasn't obvious, I've seen private studies confirming that balloon/bubble/whatever comic-like interface was carefully invented to limit people's attention timespan and granulate thoughts.
For example, on your average phone you have 3-4 short messages and TONS of empty space around. You don't have the whole line of conversation before your eyes, you have ridiculous limits to text width and height, etc.etc. which makes it irritating to read and write something longer than "Hi", forcing you to write very short messages. (I won't go deep into this, to not to be instantly labeled a conspiracy theorist, but it has enormous psychological impact, not just UX).
Re: One trick Apple uses to make you think green bubbles are “gross”
#346Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Seems like premature analysis which would be better and easier done after more conversation rather than prejudging half the population. If she does not need to deal with people who might have a burner number, she would be stupid to deal with people who might have a burner number
If you wanted to keep a second "burner" phone. Your own prior generation phone would be substantially less suspicious option compared to buying a second device. iPhone users may well in fact prefer an iPhone either a relatively cheap model if they are of the affluent set or a used model purchased for cash. There is absolutely no reason to believe that this would eliminate all burner phones. Lets do some speculation t…
If she does not need to deal with someone might have a burner number, she is not going to deal with someone who might have a burner number. The end.
> Talk to people like human beings and you should be able to more reliably pick out the cheating bastards.
She does not need to talk to people who put themselves into a pile of "might have a burner number" because her deck would be more than full without those.
Re: One trick Apple uses to make you think green bubbles are “gross”
#347Earlier quoted context omitted.
No, I'm not one of those either. :) I'd love to write an article, but currently have no platform (server, site, blog), time and physical power to do so, sadly. I would propose full-width scalable interface with basic formatting (like Telegram has), without wasted space... but it has to be drawn, words can't show. (
There's more to it, unfortunately. As if it wasn't obvious, I've seen private studies confirming that balloon/bubble/whatever comic-like interface was carefully invented to limit people's attention timespan and granulate thoughts. For example, on your average phone you have 3-4 short messages and TONS of empty space around. You don't have the whole line of conversation before your eyes, you have ridiculous limits to…
Interesting .. I guess it comes down to preference
I think the white space is awesome .. It helps show the conversational nature of the messages .. I personally do not want long SMS messages .. If the conversation is long, then I typical switch over to audio as it is much more efficient .. Additionally, I don't want to type that much without a keyboard
I guess I also look at is "pick the right tool for the job" .. If you want a long convo, use e-mail .. I mean it has called SHORT messaging service from the jump .. I guess I want my mobile convos to be more back and forth and not structured more formally .. Again, I see this all as preference
Re: One trick Apple uses to make you think green bubbles are “gross”
#348Re: One trick Apple uses to make you think green bubbles are “gross”
#349Earlier quoted context omitted.
There's more to it, unfortunately. As if it wasn't obvious, I've seen private studies confirming that balloon/bubble/whatever comic-like interface was carefully invented to limit people's attention timespan and granulate thoughts. For example, on your average phone you have 3-4 short messages and TONS of empty space around. You don't have the whole line of conversation before your eyes, you have ridiculous limits to…
Interesting .. I guess it comes down to preference I think the white space is awesome .. It helps show the conversational nature of the messages .. I personally do not want long SMS messages .. If the conversation is long, then I typical switch over to audio as it is much more efficient .. Additionally, I don't want to type that much without a keyboard I guess I also look at is "pick the right tool for the job" .. If…
Yeah, short messages are one thing, but it was cloned to more "heavy" messengers like whatsapp, telegram or even xmpp. It's part of the "let's clone something from Apple" trend, I think. But regardless, I'd still want to see more lines of a conversation whithout having to scroll too much.
Re: One trick Apple uses to make you think green bubbles are “gross”
#350Earlier quoted context omitted.
If you wanted to keep a second "burner" phone. Your own prior generation phone would be substantially less suspicious option compared to buying a second device. iPhone users may well in fact prefer an iPhone either a relatively cheap model if they are of the affluent set or a used model purchased for cash. There is absolutely no reason to believe that this would eliminate all burner phones. Lets do some speculation t…
If she does not need to deal with someone might have a burner number, she is not going to deal with someone who might have a burner number. The end. > Talk to people like human beings and you should be able to more reliably pick out the cheating bastards. She does not need to talk to people who put themselves into a pile of "might have a burner number" because her deck would be more than full without those.
It's really weird to redefine buying the phone OS used by 80% of the planet and 55% of the US uses as a willfully suspicious act. It's not about how many people you have time to date its picking a deliberately substandard algorithm when there are seventeen more readily at hand. It's about being bad at the game of life and then justifying bad strategy with bad logic. I would advise your friend to pick a better strategy.