From nathan@guardianproject.info Fri Jul 6 02:41:34 2018 From: Nathan of Guardian To: cypherpunks-legacy@lists.cpunks.org Subject: Re: [liberationtech] Why Skype (real-time) is losing out to WeChat (async) Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2018 02:41:34 +0000 Message-ID: <172289280099.3881296.9400537454509444750.generated@mail.pglaf.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============8753096265074986395==" --===============8753096265074986395== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 12/24/2012 05:10 PM, Maxim Kammerer wrote: > I think that the reason is simple and obvious: society shifts to > preferring more impersonal communication. Same reason that teenagers > prefer texting to talking on phone, and hanging out to dating. >From what I can tell, it is the exact opposite. The ease of use and persistent connected design of these apps (aka you have these always-on, long running group chat rooms), and the ability to quickly send voice messages and video, makes it MORE personal. The users feel a constant connection to a whole group of friends no matter where they are on the planet, and can, with a press of a button, reach out and hear their voice. I am not saying this is a global phenom, applicable to all societies. I think within this occupied/exile dynamic, and also where standard telecomms are difficult, the impact of apps like WeChat and WhatsApp is perhaps greater than places where Skype, Facetime and Hangout work well. +n -- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: https://mailman.stanfor= d.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech ----- End forwarded message ----- --=20 Eugen* Leitl leitl http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE --===============8753096265074986395==--