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by themoonbus 4460 days ago
Exactly. And, you can still fallback to text, email, or a phone call...
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As long as your friends are not the kind of people who organise their lives on those services.

"Oh, you didn't know about the party? I told everyone on the whatsapp group chat (that you are not a part of)".

When these walled-garden communication channels become the de facto way of socialising then not being on them is a massive handicap. (As I know from my friends moaning at me for not having whatsapp)

So should you be blaming the software, or your social circle?