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 by: sms - Wed, 26 Apr 2023 18:34 UTC

This was a long time coming. Previously you could use the web version of
WhatsApp by scanning a QR code on the screen with your phone, but now
you can use the actual app on mobile devices.

<https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/apps/news/you-can-now-use-one-whatsapp-account-on-up-to-four-phones-heres-how/articleshow/99778779.cms#>

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 by: Frank - Wed, 26 Apr 2023 20:20 UTC

On Wed, 26 Apr 2023 11:34:33 -0700, sms wrote:
> This was a long time coming. Previously you could use the web version of
> WhatsApp by scanning a QR code on the screen with your phone, but now
> you can use the actual app on mobile devices.
>
> <https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/apps/news/you-can-now-use-one-whatsapp-account-on-up-to-four-phones-heres-how/articleshow/99778779.cms#>

thanks for that good news

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 by: Chris in Makati - Thu, 27 Apr 2023 09:47 UTC

On Wed, 26 Apr 2023 11:34:33 -0700, sms <scharf.steven@geemail.com>
wrote:

>This was a long time coming. Previously you could use the web version of
>WhatsApp by scanning a QR code on the screen with your phone, but now
>you can use the actual app on mobile devices.
>
><https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/apps/news/you-can-now-use-one-whatsapp-account-on-up-to-four-phones-heres-how/articleshow/99778779.cms#>

It would be ever easier if you could log in to WhatsApp with a user id
and password. That's how Facebook, and most other services work. Tying
a WhatsApp account to a mobile phone number is unnecessary and
inconvenient.

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 by: Frank - Thu, 27 Apr 2023 10:16 UTC

On Thu, 27 Apr 2023 10:47:14 +0100, Chris in Makati wrote:

> It would be ever easier if you could log in to WhatsApp with a user id
> and password. That's how Facebook, and most other services work. Tying
> a WhatsApp account to a mobile phone number is unnecessary and
> inconvenient.

that login is probably how they do it but be careful what you wish for as
this is meta so ask if you really want a login to meta on your computers

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 by: Theo - Thu, 27 Apr 2023 15:33 UTC

In comp.mobile.android Chris in Makati <mail@nospam.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Apr 2023 11:34:33 -0700, sms <scharf.steven@geemail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >This was a long time coming. Previously you could use the web version of
> >WhatsApp by scanning a QR code on the screen with your phone, but now
> >you can use the actual app on mobile devices.
> >
> ><https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/apps/news/you-can-now-use-one-whatsapp-account-on-up-to-four-phones-heres-how/articleshow/99778779.cms#>
>
> It would be ever easier if you could log in to WhatsApp with a user id
> and password. That's how Facebook, and most other services work. Tying
> a WhatsApp account to a mobile phone number is unnecessary and
> inconvenient.

They have such a service. It's called Facebook Messenger.
They wanted to merge them:
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/25/technology/facebook-instagram-whatsapp-messenger.html

but this has been taking a while. There are privacy and regulatory
challenges, for one thing.

Theo

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 by: badgolferman - Thu, 27 Apr 2023 15:50 UTC

Chris in Makati wrote:

>It would be ever easier if you could log in to WhatsApp with a user id
>and password.

Isn't it true that companies are trying to do away with
username/password systems?

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~ Ogden Nash

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 by: nospam - Thu, 27 Apr 2023 15:54 UTC

In article <xn0o13bkc8mejmx001@reader443.eternal-september.org>,
badgolferman <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> wrote:

> Isn't it true that companies are trying to do away with
> username/password systems?

it is true, but that's going to take a while.

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 by: sms - Thu, 27 Apr 2023 18:45 UTC

On 4/27/2023 8:33 AM, Theo wrote:
> In comp.mobile.android Chris in Makati <mail@nospam.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, 26 Apr 2023 11:34:33 -0700, sms <scharf.steven@geemail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> This was a long time coming. Previously you could use the web version of
>>> WhatsApp by scanning a QR code on the screen with your phone, but now
>>> you can use the actual app on mobile devices.
>>>
>>> <https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/apps/news/you-can-now-use-one-whatsapp-account-on-up-to-four-phones-heres-how/articleshow/99778779.cms#>
>>
>> It would be ever easier if you could log in to WhatsApp with a user id
>> and password. That's how Facebook, and most other services work. Tying
>> a WhatsApp account to a mobile phone number is unnecessary and
>> inconvenient.
>
> They have such a service. It's called Facebook Messenger.
> They wanted to merge them:
> https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/25/technology/facebook-instagram-whatsapp-messenger.html
>
> but this has been taking a while. There are privacy and regulatory
> challenges, for one thing.

There are security reasons why they tie the service to a phone number.
It's meant to be a replacement for SMS, and it does essentially serve
that purpose in much of Europe, in India, some other parts of Asia, and
in parts of Central and South America.

--
“If you are not an expert on a subject, then your opinions about it
really do matter less than the opinions of experts. It's not
indoctrination nor elitism. It's just that you don't know as much as
they do about the subject.”—Tin Foil Awards

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 by: Carlos E.R. - Thu, 27 Apr 2023 21:11 UTC

On 2023-04-27 20:45, sms wrote:
> On 4/27/2023 8:33 AM, Theo wrote:
>> In comp.mobile.android Chris in Makati <mail@nospam.com> wrote:
>>> On Wed, 26 Apr 2023 11:34:33 -0700, sms <scharf.steven@geemail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> This was a long time coming. Previously you could use the web
>>>> version of
>>>> WhatsApp by scanning a QR code on the screen with your phone, but now
>>>> you can use the actual app on mobile devices.
>>>>
>>>> <https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/apps/news/you-can-now-use-one-whatsapp-account-on-up-to-four-phones-heres-how/articleshow/99778779.cms#>
>>>
>>> It would be ever easier if you could log in to WhatsApp with a user id
>>> and password. That's how Facebook, and most other services work. Tying
>>> a WhatsApp account to a mobile phone number is unnecessary and
>>> inconvenient.
>>
>> They have such a service.  It's called Facebook Messenger.
>> They wanted to merge them:
>> https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/25/technology/facebook-instagram-whatsapp-messenger.html
>>
>> but this has been taking a while.  There are privacy and regulatory
>> challenges, for one thing.
>
> There are security reasons why they tie the service to a phone number.
> It's meant to be a replacement for SMS, and it does essentially serve
> that purpose in much of Europe, in India, some other parts of Asia, and
> in parts of Central and South America.

Correct.

I heard, though, a curious comment on the radio the other day. They said
that young people consider WhatsApp a social network, but older people
consider it a messaging app (private).

The context was Spain.

--
Cheers, Carlos.

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 by: sms - Thu, 27 Apr 2023 22:28 UTC

On 4/27/2023 2:11 PM, Carlos E.R. wrote:

<snip>

> Correct.
>
> I heard, though, a curious comment on the radio the other day. They said
> that young people consider WhatsApp a social network, but older people
> consider it a messaging app (private).
>
> The context was Spain.

Interesting. I can't see how it could be classified as a social network.

--
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really do matter less than the opinions of experts. It's not
indoctrination nor elitism. It's just that you don't know as much as
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 by: micky - Thu, 27 Apr 2023 22:44 UTC

In comp.mobile.android, on Thu, 27 Apr 2023 23:11:21 +0200, "Carlos
E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

>On 2023-04-27 20:45, sms wrote:
>> On 4/27/2023 8:33 AM, Theo wrote:
>>> In comp.mobile.android Chris in Makati <mail@nospam.com> wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 26 Apr 2023 11:34:33 -0700, sms <scharf.steven@geemail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> This was a long time coming. Previously you could use the web
>>>>> version of
>>>>> WhatsApp by scanning a QR code on the screen with your phone, but now
>>>>> you can use the actual app on mobile devices.
>>>>>
>>>>> <https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/apps/news/you-can-now-use-one-whatsapp-account-on-up-to-four-phones-heres-how/articleshow/99778779.cms#>
>>>>
>>>> It would be ever easier if you could log in to WhatsApp with a user id
>>>> and password. That's how Facebook, and most other services work. Tying
>>>> a WhatsApp account to a mobile phone number is unnecessary and
>>>> inconvenient.
>>>
>>> They have such a service.  It's called Facebook Messenger.
>>> They wanted to merge them:
>>> https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/25/technology/facebook-instagram-whatsapp-messenger.html
>>>
>>> but this has been taking a while.  There are privacy and regulatory
>>> challenges, for one thing.
>>
>> There are security reasons why they tie the service to a phone number.
>> It's meant to be a replacement for SMS, and it does essentially serve
>> that purpose in much of Europe, in India, some other parts of Asia, and
>> in parts of Central and South America.
>
>Correct.
>
>I heard, though, a curious comment on the radio the other day. They said
>that young people consider WhatsApp a social network, but older people
>consider it a messaging app (private).

Is Usenet a social network?
>
>The context was Spain.

Any country.

If the obnoxious central government here, USA, were to limit social
networks to those over 13 or with parental permission, how would that be
enforced?

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 by: Theo - Fri, 28 Apr 2023 09:38 UTC

In comp.mobile.android sms <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote:
> On 4/27/2023 2:11 PM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> > Correct.
> >
> > I heard, though, a curious comment on the radio the other day. They said
> > that young people consider WhatsApp a social network, but older people
> > consider it a messaging app (private).
> >
> > The context was Spain.
>
> Interesting. I can't see how it could be classified as a social network.

People use WA group chats much like they use Facebook groups or mailing
lists - ie a to-many communication system. You can get invites to group
chats much like you'd get invites to mailing lists or other closed groups.

Theo

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 by: Carlos E.R. - Fri, 28 Apr 2023 10:44 UTC

On 2023-04-28 11:38, Theo wrote:
> In comp.mobile.android sms <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote:
>> On 4/27/2023 2:11 PM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>> Correct.
>>>
>>> I heard, though, a curious comment on the radio the other day. They said
>>> that young people consider WhatsApp a social network, but older people
>>> consider it a messaging app (private).
>>>
>>> The context was Spain.
>>
>> Interesting. I can't see how it could be classified as a social network.
>
> People use WA group chats much like they use Facebook groups or mailing
> lists - ie a to-many communication system. You can get invites to group
> chats much like you'd get invites to mailing lists or other closed groups.

There was a change related to that here.

It is an offence (crime in USA English) to add someone to a group
without his/her permission.

It is related to data protection laws.

--
Cheers, Carlos.

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 by: Ken Blake - Fri, 28 Apr 2023 14:19 UTC

On Thu, 27 Apr 2023 23:11:21 +0200, "Carlos E.R."
<robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

>On 2023-04-27 20:45, sms wrote:
>> On 4/27/2023 8:33 AM, Theo wrote:
>>> In comp.mobile.android Chris in Makati <mail@nospam.com> wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 26 Apr 2023 11:34:33 -0700, sms <scharf.steven@geemail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> This was a long time coming. Previously you could use the web
>>>>> version of
>>>>> WhatsApp by scanning a QR code on the screen with your phone, but now
>>>>> you can use the actual app on mobile devices.
>>>>>
>>>>> <https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/apps/news/you-can-now-use-one-whatsapp-account-on-up-to-four-phones-heres-how/articleshow/99778779.cms#>
>>>>
>>>> It would be ever easier if you could log in to WhatsApp with a user id
>>>> and password. That's how Facebook, and most other services work. Tying
>>>> a WhatsApp account to a mobile phone number is unnecessary and
>>>> inconvenient.
>>>
>>> They have such a service.  It's called Facebook Messenger.
>>> They wanted to merge them:
>>> https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/25/technology/facebook-instagram-whatsapp-messenger.html
>>>
>>> but this has been taking a while.  There are privacy and regulatory
>>> challenges, for one thing.
>>
>> There are security reasons why they tie the service to a phone number.
>> It's meant to be a replacement for SMS, and it does essentially serve
>> that purpose in much of Europe, in India, some other parts of Asia, and
>> in parts of Central and South America.
>
>Correct.
>
>I heard, though, a curious comment on the radio the other day. They said
>that young people consider WhatsApp a social network, but older people
>consider it a messaging app (private).

I fall into the "older people" category. I consider it something I
have no interest in, and I'm not interested in its details.

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 by: sticks - Fri, 28 Apr 2023 14:46 UTC

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> On Thu, 27 Apr 2023 23:11:21 +0200, "Carlos E.R."
> <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
>
>> On 2023-04-27 20:45, sms wrote:
>>> On 4/27/2023 8:33 AM, Theo wrote:
>>>> In comp.mobile.android Chris in Makati <mail@nospam.com> wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, 26 Apr 2023 11:34:33 -0700, sms <scharf.steven@geemail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> This was a long time coming. Previously you could use the web
>>>>>> version of
>>>>>> WhatsApp by scanning a QR code on the screen with your phone, but now
>>>>>> you can use the actual app on mobile devices.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> <https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/apps/news/you-can-now-use-one-whatsapp-account-on-up-to-four-phones-heres-how/articleshow/99778779.cms#>
>>>>>
>>>>> It would be ever easier if you could log in to WhatsApp with a user id
>>>>> and password. That's how Facebook, and most other services work. Tying
>>>>> a WhatsApp account to a mobile phone number is unnecessary and
>>>>> inconvenient.
>>>>
>>>> They have such a service.  It's called Facebook Messenger.
>>>> They wanted to merge them:
>>>> https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/25/technology/facebook-instagram-whatsapp-messenger.html
>>>>
>>>> but this has been taking a while.  There are privacy and regulatory
>>>> challenges, for one thing.
>>>
>>> There are security reasons why they tie the service to a phone number.
>>> It's meant to be a replacement for SMS, and it does essentially serve
>>> that purpose in much of Europe, in India, some other parts of Asia, and
>>> in parts of Central and South America.
>>
>> Correct.
>>
>> I heard, though, a curious comment on the radio the other day. They said
>> that young people consider WhatsApp a social network, but older people
>> consider it a messaging app (private).
>
>
> I fall into the "older people" category. I consider it something I
> have no interest in, and I'm not interested in its details.

Oh, OK. Thanks for that very helpful information.

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 by: badgolferman - Fri, 28 Apr 2023 15:33 UTC

Theo wrote:

>> Interesting. I can't see how it could be classified as a social
>>network.
>
>People use WA group chats much like they use Facebook groups or
>mailing lists - ie a to-many communication system. You can get
>invites to group chats much like you'd get invites to mailing lists
>or other closed groups.

I use WhatsApp as a group chat with my family in Europe. My family
posts all sort of social, political, humorous, and personal videos or
pictures.

--
“The more things change, the more they remain the same.” ~ Alphonse Karr

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 by: Carlos E.R. - Fri, 28 Apr 2023 17:19 UTC

On 2023-04-28 16:19, Ken Blake wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Apr 2023 23:11:21 +0200, "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
>> On 2023-04-27 20:45, sms wrote:
>>> On 4/27/2023 8:33 AM, Theo wrote:
>>>> In comp.mobile.android Chris in Makati <mail@nospam.com> wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, 26 Apr 2023 11:34:33 -0700, sms <scharf.steven@geemail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> This was a long time coming. Previously you could use the web
>>>>>> version of
>>>>>> WhatsApp by scanning a QR code on the screen with your phone, but now
>>>>>> you can use the actual app on mobile devices.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> <https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/apps/news/you-can-now-use-one-whatsapp-account-on-up-to-four-phones-heres-how/articleshow/99778779.cms#>
>>>>>
>>>>> It would be ever easier if you could log in to WhatsApp with a user id
>>>>> and password. That's how Facebook, and most other services work. Tying
>>>>> a WhatsApp account to a mobile phone number is unnecessary and
>>>>> inconvenient.
>>>>
>>>> They have such a service.  It's called Facebook Messenger.
>>>> They wanted to merge them:
>>>> https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/25/technology/facebook-instagram-whatsapp-messenger.html
>>>>
>>>> but this has been taking a while.  There are privacy and regulatory
>>>> challenges, for one thing.
>>>
>>> There are security reasons why they tie the service to a phone number.
>>> It's meant to be a replacement for SMS, and it does essentially serve
>>> that purpose in much of Europe, in India, some other parts of Asia, and
>>> in parts of Central and South America.
>>
>> Correct.
>>
>> I heard, though, a curious comment on the radio the other day. They said
>> that young people consider WhatsApp a social network, but older people
>> consider it a messaging app (private).
>
>
> I fall into the "older people" category. I consider it something I
> have no interest in, and I'm not interested in its details.

I also fall in that "older people" category, and it is an application
that I use every day, a lot. Anything from just idle talk with friends
or family, to business issues with my plumber or insurance company.

--
Cheers, Carlos.

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 by: badgolferman - Fri, 28 Apr 2023 17:27 UTC

Carlos E.R. wrote:

>I also fall in that "older people" category, and it is an application
>that I use every day, a lot. Anything from just idle talk with
>friends or family, to business issues with my plumber or insurance
>company.

Do you live somewhere other than America? I know WhatsApp is hugely
popular everywhere else and is used as a messaging app, but in America
we don't use it that way.

--
Politicians, like diapers, have to be changed frequently - and for the
very same reason.

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 by: Frank Slootweg - Fri, 28 Apr 2023 17:45 UTC

Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
> On 2023-04-28 16:19, Ken Blake wrote:
> > On Thu, 27 Apr 2023 23:11:21 +0200, "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
[...]

> >> I heard, though, a curious comment on the radio the other day. They said
> >> that young people consider WhatsApp a social network, but older people
> >> consider it a messaging app (private).
> >
> >
> > I fall into the "older people" category. I consider it something I
> > have no interest in, and I'm not interested in its details.
>
> I also fall in that "older people" category, and it is an application
> that I use every day, a lot. Anything from just idle talk with friends
> or family, to business issues with my plumber or insurance company.

Come on! What *is* it with that new-fangled crap? Can't you use a FAX
like everybody else!?

And why would you use instant messaging, when you can use slow
messaging, like email or letters or carrier pigeons?

Sorry, have to dash, have to light the fire for the smoke signals!

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 by: Ken Blake - Fri, 28 Apr 2023 18:10 UTC

On Fri, 28 Apr 2023 19:19:19 +0200, "Carlos E.R."
<robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

>On 2023-04-28 16:19, Ken Blake wrote:
>> On Thu, 27 Apr 2023 23:11:21 +0200, "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
>>> On 2023-04-27 20:45, sms wrote:
>>>> On 4/27/2023 8:33 AM, Theo wrote:
>>>>> In comp.mobile.android Chris in Makati <mail@nospam.com> wrote:
>>>>>> On Wed, 26 Apr 2023 11:34:33 -0700, sms <scharf.steven@geemail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This was a long time coming. Previously you could use the web
>>>>>>> version of
>>>>>>> WhatsApp by scanning a QR code on the screen with your phone, but now
>>>>>>> you can use the actual app on mobile devices.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> <https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/apps/news/you-can-now-use-one-whatsapp-account-on-up-to-four-phones-heres-how/articleshow/99778779.cms#>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It would be ever easier if you could log in to WhatsApp with a user id
>>>>>> and password. That's how Facebook, and most other services work. Tying
>>>>>> a WhatsApp account to a mobile phone number is unnecessary and
>>>>>> inconvenient.
>>>>>
>>>>> They have such a service.  It's called Facebook Messenger.
>>>>> They wanted to merge them:
>>>>> https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/25/technology/facebook-instagram-whatsapp-messenger.html
>>>>>
>>>>> but this has been taking a while.  There are privacy and regulatory
>>>>> challenges, for one thing.
>>>>
>>>> There are security reasons why they tie the service to a phone number.
>>>> It's meant to be a replacement for SMS, and it does essentially serve
>>>> that purpose in much of Europe, in India, some other parts of Asia, and
>>>> in parts of Central and South America.
>>>
>>> Correct.
>>>
>>> I heard, though, a curious comment on the radio the other day. They said
>>> that young people consider WhatsApp a social network, but older people
>>> consider it a messaging app (private).
>>
>>
>> I fall into the "older people" category. I consider it something I
>> have no interest in, and I'm not interested in its details.
>
>I also fall in that "older people" category, and it is an application
>that I use every day, a lot. Anything from just idle talk with friends
>or family, to business issues with my plumber or insurance company.

We're all different.

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 by: Ken Blake - Fri, 28 Apr 2023 18:14 UTC

On 28 Apr 2023 17:45:54 GMT, Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
wrote:

>Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
>> On 2023-04-28 16:19, Ken Blake wrote:
>> > On Thu, 27 Apr 2023 23:11:21 +0200, "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
>[...]
>
>> >> I heard, though, a curious comment on the radio the other day. They said
>> >> that young people consider WhatsApp a social network, but older people
>> >> consider it a messaging app (private).
>> >
>> >
>> > I fall into the "older people" category. I consider it something I
>> > have no interest in, and I'm not interested in its details.
>>
>> I also fall in that "older people" category, and it is an application
>> that I use every day, a lot. Anything from just idle talk with friends
>> or family, to business issues with my plumber or insurance company.
>
> Come on! What *is* it with that new-fangled crap? Can't you use a FAX
>like everybody else!?

It's amazing to me that fax is still used.

> And why would you use instant messaging, when you can use slow
>messaging, like email or letters or carrier pigeons?

Letters? Yes, slow.

Carrier pigeons? Slow, or pretty fast, depending on how far they have
to travel.

But e-mail? Yes, it's usually not as fast as instant messaging, but
it's almost always still very fast.

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 by: Chris - Fri, 28 Apr 2023 18:59 UTC

badgolferman <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> wrote:
> Carlos E.R. wrote:
>
>> I also fall in that "older people" category, and it is an application
>> that I use every day, a lot. Anything from just idle talk with
>> friends or family, to business issues with my plumber or insurance
>> company.
>
> Do you live somewhere other than America? I know WhatsApp is hugely
> popular everywhere else and is used as a messaging app, but in America
> we don't use it that way.

How else can you use it? It *is* a messaging app.

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 by: Alan Browne - Fri, 28 Apr 2023 19:23 UTC

On 2023-04-28 10:19, Ken Blake wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Apr 2023 23:11:21 +0200, "Carlos E.R."

>> I heard, though, a curious comment on the radio the other day. They said
>> that young people consider WhatsApp a social network, but older people
>> consider it a messaging app (private).
>
>
> I fall into the "older people" category. I consider it something I
> have no interest in, and I'm not interested in its details.

But you're commenting because?

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 by: Ken Blake - Fri, 28 Apr 2023 20:53 UTC

On Fri, 28 Apr 2023 15:23:55 -0400, Alan Browne
<bitbucket@blackhole.com> wrote:

>On 2023-04-28 10:19, Ken Blake wrote:
>> On Thu, 27 Apr 2023 23:11:21 +0200, "Carlos E.R."
>
>>> I heard, though, a curious comment on the radio the other day. They said
>>> that young people consider WhatsApp a social network, but older people
>>> consider it a messaging app (private).
>>
>>
>> I fall into the "older people" category. I consider it something I
>> have no interest in, and I'm not interested in its details.
>
>But you're commenting because?

I was merely pointing out that not all older people
consider it a messaging app (private).

Feel free to ignore my comment. Or killfile me if you prefer to.

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 by: Alan Browne - Fri, 28 Apr 2023 20:59 UTC

On 2023-04-28 16:53, Ken Blake wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Apr 2023 15:23:55 -0400, Alan Browne
> <bitbucket@blackhole.com> wrote:
>
>> On 2023-04-28 10:19, Ken Blake wrote:
>>> On Thu, 27 Apr 2023 23:11:21 +0200, "Carlos E.R."
>>
>>>> I heard, though, a curious comment on the radio the other day. They said
>>>> that young people consider WhatsApp a social network, but older people
>>>> consider it a messaging app (private).
>>>
>>>
>>> I fall into the "older people" category. I consider it something I
>>> have no interest in, and I'm not interested in its details.
===================

>>
>> But you're commenting because?
>
> I was merely pointing out that not all older people
> consider it a messaging app (private).
>
> Feel free to ignore my comment. Or killfile me if you prefer to.

--
“Donald Trump and his allies and supporters are a clear and present
danger to American democracy.”
- J Michael Luttig - 2022-06-16
- Former US appellate court judge (R) testifying to the January 6
committee


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