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by georgeolaru 2017 days ago
Should be easy – SMS it's the "default" messaging app from a phone, isn't it?
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ThePadawan 2017 days ago
How would my mom find it?

She knows that the green Whatsapp logo is for talking to her friends.

She probably wouldn't click the envelope looking thing.

(I'm not being facetious - IMO HN readers massively overestimate user capability.)

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squeaky-clean 2017 days ago
I agree completely. My mom still doesn't really understand the difference between phone calls, calls over Facebook Messenger, and calls over FaceTime
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georgeolaru 2017 days ago
@ThePadawan Got it now! WhatsApp did a great job in tricking users with their interface. No other pun intended, but it fits perfectly in the context: "What's the App?"

I remember I missed a few calls from my mom recently, and she asked me if I noticed her missed calls. I didn't have any missed calls as she was calling me through WhatsApp, but in such a way that she thought is the "regular" way of calling. I explained, now she knows. Not sure where this is going...

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