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Are all those actions considered "chat" features?

I am probably old fashioned, but I prefer separation of services. If a taxi driver was on IRC, sure, I could "hail" him. I could post my current GPS location to anyone I please. Gifs & vid (links) are just as easily shared.

Yeah, I understand integration, but... I curmudgeonly fight it. I hope I am being Unix-like by striving for separation of services, but I am probably just being stubborn. :(

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I tried to ward off this exact sort of comment with the line "regardless of what you think of these features". I don't feel like getting into a debate about whether the millions of non-tech teenagers using chat apps should care about The UNIX Philosophy (TM). I just wanted to point out that, rightly or wrongly, they're very different now, contrary to popular HN belief.

>I hope I am being Unix-like ... but I am probably just being stubborn. :(

I am going to use this in future.

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