The balance of Signal usage for our community has yielded good feedback (by email!) from supporters.
Patricia said:
Telegram seemed livelier #imho… (more interactions on more diverse topics)
Leandro expressed the situation of — I imagine — many who are there:
My only use of Signal is the group Manualbut looking curiously at my contact list, there are the most random ones possible: [lista de contatos aleatórios]
Vinícius’ comment took me to a new layer of reflection:
Personally, I thought that the group’s move to Signal, although I understand the reasons, took away a difference from signing the manual. The group used to be very busy, always accessible, with lots of conversations about culture, behavior, etc. After Signal, it became more lukewarm, with a lower volume of messages and conversations more focused on IT programming/staffing issues. I believe that many people, like me, only installed the messenger from the manual group. Then I log in when I remember, sometimes I spend a few days and less so there are few “delayed” messages, a few dozen.
After reading the text, I now opened the app (which, according to my cell phone records, I had opened on Monday — 4 days ago — and there are 40 unread messages. Of course, quantity is not a data that indicates much alone, the point is the reduction in interaction. What, for me, was an attraction of the subscription, it kind of died. I agree that the direction Telegram took is questionable and I repeat that I understand the reasons for the change, but for me the result was. this. =(
The “questionable direction” that Telegram took was to transform the application into a vehicle for cryptocurrencies. It is a shame.
Finally, Paulo’s response to the Sunday edition of the newsletter (which I send to subscribers):
I understand the reluctance of many (I sometimes have this) to use WhatsApp, but it would be interesting to centralize everything in a single app (for me, in this case) with groups and personal contacts. Telegram was easier because, even though it’s not my primary app, it contains many service robots that I use, in addition to being able to save conversations/notes/lists in a simple way, something that WhatsApp still doesn’t do (in a simple way , he does it but in a somewhat clumsy way). Signal “ostracized” the group even more for me, because not having a web/tablet app makes it very difficult for me to read or remember to read the group. It’s not a big deal, but I feel like Signal is a barrier to remembering the group from Manual.
We’re here to experiment, so in light of these and other comments from subscribers who aren’t on or haven’t liked Signal, I decided to migrate the group to WhatsApp. For a few reasons:
- Like it or not, it is the most used app in Brazil;
- Despite Meta’s efforts to transform it into SAC 2.0 and a Trojan horse for the company’s artificial intelligence, Meta AI, conversations between individuals and groups are still end-to-end encrypted;
- The communities feature is a bit complex, but not for the general public. Manualwho can benefit from the organization;
- I have been reviewing my big tech boycott policy. Although it still prioritizes technologies that bypass the big ones in the sector, for consistency there is no problem in adopting WhatsApp — we already use/deal with Apple, Amazon, Oracle, Automattic… the list is long and inescapable, if you want to talk to a wider audience.
Before making this decision, I asked the three dissatisfied people (haha) in the messages above what they thought of WhatsApp, a hypothesis that was well received.
Who already supports the Manual You will receive, today (11), the invitation link to the group on WhatsApp. If you haven’t signed the project yet, do so now to participate.