Well, fair enough, but default texting was what we were using before so this is an upgrade.

Stickers don’t seem like something any of us need and you would have great trouble convincing me (and probably them) to use WhatsApp, so Signal works for us!

500 Cigarettes

I’m always interested in them because it looks like vanilla ice cream in the middle.

It is not.

It’s immature of me, but I have to admit I’m amused by that typo.

No, this is Patrick Ed.

About your comment: thank you for teaching me.

About what it says: I don’t know how best to express my frustration, so I’m just going to say … Actually I can’t even think of a positive way to share my thoughts.

It’s cool that you’re able to put yourself out there that way. It’s very upsetting that Meta gets to decide whether or how you do so.

I’ve never once used WhatsApp and … Honestly don’t really know what stickers are in this context.

For location, I wrote a whole paragraph that I then realized came from a place of privilege. I will acknowledge that that’s on me.

But what are stickers?

I’ll reiterate that this was very much not the expected result.

I cannot find anything lacking in the app that exists in the default texting app. If you would like to provide specific examples, I can possibly give a better answer.

Oh, you’re a trusted IT professional? Must be nice.

Though I recognize the potential wisdom, I don’t know that I could (yet, at least) get my family on board with auto delete.

Ah, sorry. Good luck to you and them.

I thought it came from the bones of the fifth elephant.

edit: Bones. Bones of the fifth elephant. AFAIK they don’t have video in Discworld other than in that one book and that didn’t go so well.

Did you give them reasons?

There’s one person in the group chat who will often rant, especially about political topics. That person actually was already on Signal but also participated in the group chat.

After one rant in the group chat, I said that we should all switch to Signal, as it’s more privacy respecting and therefore a safer place to have opinions.

Apparently that was enough.

They can’t do it via whatever messenger they’re using now?

My condolences.

Guess that didn’t work for me.

This is exactly what I expected when I suggested it and precisely why I’m so pleasantly surprised. I’m sorry for your experience.

I disagree, friend.

I feel that, but unfortunately it’s not always respected.