Many people do use Discord as a messaging app. I am really only using it for private messages when I am on data.
I only have two Signal contacts, and no group chats. Video is set to download only on WiFi, but I do need to be able to see images.
I’m really not. 75% of my data this month has been used by Signal and Discord.
Not everyone has a large data plan. I am very aware of how much messaging taxes my data plan: the entirety of my data is already used by it.
I personally use QKSMS, which isn’t perfect, but it’s all I’ve been able to stand since Signal dropped SMS support.
This RCS stuff scares me a bit, because it sounds like it will function over a data connection and not be nearly as universal of a standard as SMS/MMS is. There are already a million such apps and standards if one wants to use data for messaging. Trying to sneak it on top of SMS is very annoying. If I use my SMS app, I want my messages to be sent as such. Getting a surprise data bill shouldn’t be a fear.
That doesn’t work for the workflow of sending articles to my Kindle with a bookmarklet.
I have a Kindle. It does not support EPUB. This does affect me. I used to use a bookmarklet to send articles to my Kindle, and this would make that unfeasible.
Some of us still use devices that only support .mobi
All of this reminds me so much of the OGL fiasco in the TTRPG world a few months ago.
A subreddit about TEMU.
Someone missing context doesn’t make them a bot. To be a part of this particular bot network, all 4 points will be present.
Emoticons ≠ emojis.
This is 100% a bot that’s part of the former TEMU network. Every comment is weirdly cheerful, nonsensical, and multiple end in two emojis. Pregenerated Reddit username, too.
Yeah. Here’s a few examples.
Exactly this. It functions largely on referral codes.
I’ve dealt with this particular bot problem as a mod. Noticing the pattern early on was easy because they always had posts on TEMU subreddits. Now that those subs are banned, it’s harder.
Comment length. Their comments are always less than two lines long.
Tone. They always contain at least one exclamation point, and tend to have a tone that I’d say is “cheery to the point it’s offputting.”
Context. Reading them, a lot of the time you’ll ask “did they even read what they’re replying to?” The comment seems related, but directly misses the main point.
History. Look at the rest of their comments. If more than one ends in two emojis, they’re definitely part of this particular bot network.
Basically every user that has comments that end with two emojis like this is a bot. Originally they existed to drive traffic to TEMU subs, but since Reddit banned those subs they’ve become harder to spot. I think the spammers just forgot to turn off their bot farm.
It’s Esne. They were.
That user is the alt of a well-known troll. They know exactly what they’re doing.
You say that as if I don’t already know it. But what am I supposed to do, abandon every friend who prefers it?