| #5. |
| Published: 2024-06-30 [Sun] 16:03, by |
|
unfortunately almost all of my friends are the stubborn/complacent type when it comes to phones and computers, I tried to get them on something else in the past but with limited success (only one of them gave in) |
| #4. |
| Published: 2024-06-26 [Wed] 17:01, by |
|
You may be able to get friends to install Signal... the install process is painless and it's not like they have to do anything complicated to use it (you text them, they get a notification) I managed to get my 60 something year old parents on it no problem. Email isn't really spyware-free since most people end up using Google or whatever, but at least you don't feel pressured to respond quickly. What I hate most about FB messenger (and WhatsApp, Instagram, etc): that it shows "last active" and has read receipts. |
| #3. |
| Published: 2024-06-26 [Wed] 13:41, by |
|
i never used email for anything other than confirmation links and i never needed to send emails to my friends since we lived so close, if i ever had to talk to them i'd just ride my bike to their house that changed when i moved, but by that time we were already using messaging apps on our phones, not ideal since i'm now doing everything i can to stay away from those spyware in disguise while they don't care |
| #1. It's good to send emails to friends. |
| Published: 2024-01-12 [Fri] 19:32, by |
|
As life goes on, and we separate from people we cared about before, it remains a great practice to send emails to old friends every now and then. It's not essential AT ALL to make a Facebook / Instagram / Tiktok / LinkedIn / whatever to stay in touch with old friends. If anything, people are more likely to keep their old mail address as trendy spyware apps come and go. Equally, it's easier to keep a friend's mail address for long spans of time than phone numbers -- and the kinds of communications we make over email tend to be more meaningful than the kinds we may make on text-adjacent platforms like Whatsapp or Signal, Telegram, etc. Do you ever send mails to your old pals? When was the last time you sent a personal email? If you know any old friends' emails, maybe this thread can serve as a timely reminder to fire them off a message. Or, maybe it can serve as inspiration to exchange email addresses with your friends today. I hope this thread can encourage you to write someone an email, or save someone's email address if you don't have many. Email is a great way to maintain friendships over time and distance -- even if it's "not trendy" it's also not bad! You would be surprised about how many people would be pleased to get an email that's not spam from GoogBookBankShopApp and take the time to write a caring, thoughtful response back to you. |