Signal Sucks, Actually When I first installed Signal in the second half of 2023 to stay in touch with a few friends who had recently switched, it did not support message edits. This completely broke the way I used instant messengers. At that point, editing messages was a widely deployed feature across other instant messaging clients. Conversations had supported it since February 20161 and I had acquired a habit of typing a message, sending it, and only then reading it again and checking for typos. The lack of such an essential feature caused me to send incomprehensible messages, making the app almost unusable for me. Signal forced me to adapt and change my habits.
  • Chaf@slrpnk.net
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    9 days ago

    I had acquired a habit of typing a message, sending it, and only then reading it again and checking for typos. The lack of such an essential feature caused me to send incomprehensible messages, making the app almost unusable for me.

    I’m sorry, what? This is the reason he starts with for saying Signal sucks? I can’t even bend my head around that logic.

    Well, at least he backtracks at the end.

    Signal doesn’t actually suck. It’s fine. It gets the job done. It lets me communicate with my friends. We are quick to dismiss a new thing after two minutes of trying it out just because it doesn’t meet our expectations. This is especially true if we are pressured into something instead of following intrinsic motivation. We obsess over the little things that ultimately don’t matter. However, if we earnestly give it a shot, we get used to it. We adapt.