[bdunks]

> “I’m not going to install yet another chat app”

This is legitimate.

I have to use:

- iMessage & SMS for most US based family, casual friends and co workers. - WhatsApp for European Family - Signal for one group of friends - Telegram for another group of friends

Every time I message someone I have to remember what app to use. It’s annoying. This in addition to random threads that pick up with the same people on instagram, discord, etc., which I try to redirect to our “standard” channel as aggressively as I can.

[shagie]

The relevant xkcd is Chat Systems https://xkcd.com/1810/

[bdunks]

As they say, a relevant XKCD for everything. Thanks for sharing. I hadn’t seen that one before.

[shagie]

While I knew that one off the top of my head... one of the neat "Show HN" that I recall from a bit ago: Show HN: Find the relevant Xkcd comic for your post using RAG https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44799291

> How it works - Simply paste your entire message or post into the search box to get the most relevant xkcd for it. No need to search by keywords, etc.

[ptman]

In my case matrix with bridges allows me to ignore many separate apps: whatsapp,telegram,slack,irc,...