I am soon moving out for university and am going to meet a bunch of new folks. But I was wondering how do you go about approaching this with privacy in mind?
It is a little bit whonky to ask someone you just met to download Signal, if it is a group of people then it is more acceptable, or like how do you keep in contact if they don’t use any of the messaging platforms you use such as Signal and Telegram, and if you don’t use any of the ones they use such as Whatsapp or Instagram DMs (yes zoomers in the US use these) or Snapchat? Do you just use SMS where videos are absolute shit quality and you have no privacy there either?
Let me know how you deal with this issue.
Meet people in real life doing real life things.
That’s not just better for privacy, it’s better for your life.
It’s harder, but no amount of followers on twitter will help you move a couch.
OP’s asking about the kind of communication that is needed from time to time to, for example, arrange a real-life meeting. They’re not talking about social networks.
Do hobbies! Cooking classes! Join clubs!
And that might very well be exactly what OP is planning to do. They’re not asking us how to spend their time properly, they’re asking how to communicate with people on longer distance. Sometimes you need to let your friends know that the cooking class was cancelled or there’s a new club you all could join. Your friends are not aroud you all the time. Using apps like Whatsapp or Telegram is more efficient than calling each one separately and offers the possibility of group communication. It’s perfectly fine to use it for your friends group and it doesn’t mean you have no real life.
And enjoy it while it lasts because no amount of 30 year olds will either
I guess this makes sense, even as a kid I was told I was such an adult. So I guess as a 30yo I’m actually more like a 45yo.