I deleted Whatsapp but created a photoshopped screenshot of Whatsapp banning my account so that everybody around me thinks it is involuntary, going to try to get them to switch to Signal soon. Wish me luck
@PrivateOnions@BigTechBlows Holy fuck, this is the most funny and genius tactic i’ve seen. questionable? sure, but hey, still funny. I’d probably do the same, just to bypass “the persuasion phase”.
has the same ingenuity as “have a screenshot of messages as your lockscreen wallpaper, that way you can sneak out of any social situation imaginable.”
I will find out in a few days if it will work. I am unfortunately in the US so most people just use SMS/iMessage but within my social circle most used Whatsapp. Hopefully they install Signal instead of just texting via SMS
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I deleted Whatsapp but created a photoshopped screenshot of Whatsapp banning my account so that everybody around me thinks it is involuntary, going to try to get them to switch to Signal soon. Wish me luck
Trying to get people to use signal is like pulling teeth
I’m always surprised when I get a notification that someone from my contacts is using signal when I never expected them to even know what it is.
@PrivateOnions @BigTechBlows Holy fuck, this is the most funny and genius tactic i’ve seen. questionable? sure, but hey, still funny. I’d probably do the same, just to bypass “the persuasion phase”.
has the same ingenuity as “have a screenshot of messages as your lockscreen wallpaper, that way you can sneak out of any social situation imaginable.”
It was a successful attempt I got them to switch
Nobody has questioned it yet. Here is the screenshot if you were curious:
I photoshopped the top menu and the bottom and also made the picture the same as my phones resolution so there is no room for doubt 😎.
I need this made for iOS 💀
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Update: it worked
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I will find out in a few days if it will work. I am unfortunately in the US so most people just use SMS/iMessage but within my social circle most used Whatsapp. Hopefully they install Signal instead of just texting via SMS
Good luck with that. I got one person to move to Signal.
My work team uses WhatsApp for group messages re shifts etc. SMS just doesn’t cut it for that, so I have to use WA.
Also, we have a family group on there.
Could be worse, the part time job I did recently used Teams 😒
Lmao I think you might be needing new friends.
Optimal solution to everything isn’t it?