sugar_in_your_tea comments on Signal downloads spike in the US and Yemen amid government scandal

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

How about this:

Tell everyone signal is the best way to contact you because it works on all your devices (phone, laptop, desktop)
When someone messages you on signal, be really responsive
When someone messages you on SMS, be really slow, and occasionally mention how sorry you are about missing it

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[–] oppy1984@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

Sadly it's just not working. I've spent time evangelizing Signal, I've responded to SMS with invite links to Signal and a message that I'd prefer to use Signal. Just a bunch of no's and one "just grow up and text me back".

It reached the point where I could tell I was pissing people off so I gave up. Now if messaging apps come up during a family gathering I just say "you know I recommend Signal" and leave it at that.

I've had people refuse to do or adopt something just out of spite because I pushed too hard, I don't think they would go that far here, but better safe than sorry.

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[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago

because I pushed too hard

Then perhaps the approach was the problem? Maybe the ship has sailed now, but I'm envisioning something a bit more tactful like:

inform everyone the best way to contact you is Signal since it's cross-platform, and be really reachable
don't mention it much, unless someone asks why you're late responding
keep doing this for months until someone decides to try it out

Don't get in everyone's face over it, just mention it once or twice and stick to your guns of being kinda slow to reach over text.

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