Signal is an interesting case study in UX failure. I and a bunch of other tech forward people were on it in its heyday but after they removed SMS support and implemented shitty UX like that nag dialog: Neither I nor a single person I know uses it any more. Everyone is on Whatsapp or iMessage.

It may be cryptographically superior, but does that matter at the end of the day if nobody uses it?

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ale42 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Cryptographical superiority aside, Signal doesn't collect personal data, unlike Whatsapp. For me that's the main reason to use it. The UX is good enough, although some points can for sure be improved.

	▲	alex1138 an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Whatsapp should be a non starter. What Mark Zuckerberg did to Whatsapp should be required reading for anyone using the internet, and then decide if you still want to use Facebook (never mind, they build a shadow profile for you anyway) "It's time. Delete Facebook" isn't subtle https://www.forbes.com/sites/parmyolson/2018/09/26/exclusive...

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nxtbl 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Sounds like they just don't care about privacy, do they? Guess showing them https://i.redd.it/0imry50rxy961.png still won't change anything..

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direwolf20 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

WhatsApp isn't any better, it's just more popular.

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TheChaplain 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> It may be cryptographically superior, but does that matter at the end of the day if nobody uses it?

I've made a few attempts to convert people, but no-go. People stay on Telegram and WhatsApp because they have better UX and features.

Signal refuses to see the value in good attractive UX.