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How to get friends to switch over? (lemm.ee)
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I've recently discovered element and revolt as alternatives for discord and Snapchat. We mainly use Snapchat for text chat so not being able to send snaps is not a deal-breaker. It's quite difficult to get people to switch over to something else because they know their current service and "it just works". Snapchat for android is terrible and some of my friends agree so I wouldn't say that "It just works". I need some tips as to how to convince them to switch. Thanks in advance :-)

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[–] JealousJail@feddit.org 1 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Just delete your account on the old service. I deleted Whatsapp and most of my close friends were unwilling to install „another app“ at first.

I was fine with their point of view and we started texting via SMS. After a while they realized that switching is more comfortable than writing via SMS and they were fine.

Only works for close friends though. Others may simply cut ties then