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© john

[concern]

That is a good point. I'm somewhat dubious, though. Since they're looking for a technologically captive audience, I think people more inclined to social media would be more readily willing to use the application.

Meanwhile, this app being someone's first exposure to social media is a little souring. After all, it's pretty suspicious. Not exactly a fledgling user-friendly introduction.

[myboggartisthemoon]

What would you consider a positive introduction? I gather that by your preference, you'd never join one to begin with. How do they overcome that?

[concern]

Well, one that doesn't include forcibly installing their application onto my phone with no possible way to uninstall it, even with phone rooting and de-programming.

Maybe I could have come around one day. I know I don't have to use it, but it's just a bit off-putting.

[myboggartisthemoon]

Quite the Catch-22. They do seem to have taken the Microsoft approach to it, although we've all become rather acclimated to that, so I'd expect they're banking on the initial outrage dwindling swiftly to acceptance.

[concern]

What's surprising to me is how quickly it happened. I understand that I'm using it myself, but there's an alarming amount of people quickly using the app with no alarm or concern.

I guess I overestimated the teenage social media populace.

[myboggartisthemoon]

There is a very strong inspiration, after the rise and fall of MySpace and the subsequent explosion of Facebook, to get in on the ground floor of the next big thing. If for no other reason than pride or bragging rights.