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Comment by the_af

2 days ago

How about close friends who live on the other side of the world?

Telegram and Signal are, to me, about as trustworthy as WhatsApp. Well, actually, nobody really uses Signal, and Telegram is about the same as WhatsApp so who cares.

Waiting to meet my friends once every 1-2 years is not enough. I want to chat daily with them, because they are my close friends.

Daily telephone conversations with a group of them? Nope. Snail mail? It doesn't work for daily conversation.

So WhatsApp it is!

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the_other  15 hours ago

Fine. Allow Zuckerberg to mediate your conversations and profit from your relaationships and emotional labour. That’s your choice.

  • the_af  11 hours ago

    Mediate how?

    And what's the alternative? How do I keep in daily touch with my close friends that live across the world?