I’m not going to comment on specific tools. Tooling is not my priority for communication (though it should be somebody’s!)
However, I will make this note
Currently, communication is really decentralised. Right now, I have the following text based things on my phone just so I can talk to mozillians.
- WhatsApp
- Telegram
- IRC
- Skype
- Facebook Messenger
Then there’s iMessage and SMS which I use 70/30 for personal/mozilla stuff.
Condensing is needed, and here’s the list of requirements that people seem to generally have
- Free as in Speech
- Free as in Beer
- Simple to use, but with some advanced functionality
- Private messages
- Groups
- Not disclose personal info
I know which tool I’d choose to meet all of those requirements. But let’s reverse this discussion and look at the problems, build requirements/MVP, and then how each tool fits in to the requirements
Maybe there’s another thread that I’m missing. This one seems really tool focused. Partially my fault for saying “OOOOH MATRIXXXXXX. SHINY”