> I've just started the work of trying to get people to move onto using Signal.
The first question my friends would ask is "I tried signal but I couldn't see a way of posting photos and getting likes...or planning an event. It doesn't look like facebook at all, just a chat app!
Facebook the platform is so extremely large and so useful to so many. Most people (including me!) would struggle to set up a photo album from my vacation that my friends and family can see and comment on, but other people can not.
Any serios attempt at displacing facebook needs to solve ALL of the things facebook solves. And unfortunately while solving them separately (one chat app, one photo app, one calendar app...) is much better for integrity - it's almost useless from a usability standpoint to have to manage multiple social graphs.
I wrote my initial comment too quickly. I specifically think that moving people to use signal instead of WhatsApp is a relatively straightforward drop in. I totally agree that signal is not a replacement for Facebook.
The first question my friends would ask is "I tried signal but I couldn't see a way of posting photos and getting likes...or planning an event. It doesn't look like facebook at all, just a chat app!
Facebook the platform is so extremely large and so useful to so many. Most people (including me!) would struggle to set up a photo album from my vacation that my friends and family can see and comment on, but other people can not.
Any serios attempt at displacing facebook needs to solve ALL of the things facebook solves. And unfortunately while solving them separately (one chat app, one photo app, one calendar app...) is much better for integrity - it's almost useless from a usability standpoint to have to manage multiple social graphs.