I thought the YO app, was stupid and pointless till I realized it was used to warn Israeli citizens of missile strikes!
Now that app is everywhere and seems to have mastered the concept "notification-is-the-message" philosophy.
Unless you want to suggest there is literally no other way on a device capable of running the YO app to send a message to a group of people (which would be an absurd thing to assert), then I will stand by my statement. If it's useful, it's useful in spite of its own stupidity, not because of its own brilliance.
I think Marc Andreessen made a good point here, how such one-bit communication turns out to be rather useful for some folks. Don't think this is was YO's initial vision though! :)
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I thought the YO app, was stupid and pointless till I realized it was used to warn Israeli citizens of missile strikes! Now that app is everywhere and seems to have mastered the concept "notification-is-the-message" philosophy.
YO is stupid and pointless, and i'm honestly shocked if it even still exists.
I guess there's a market for anything.
You think warning Israeli citizens of missile strikes is silly and pointless?
No, I think YO, the app is silly and pointless.
Unless you want to suggest there is literally no other way on a device capable of running the YO app to send a message to a group of people (which would be an absurd thing to assert), then I will stand by my statement. If it's useful, it's useful in spite of its own stupidity, not because of its own brilliance.
I think Marc Andreessen made a good point here, how such one-bit communication turns out to be rather useful for some folks. Don't think this is was YO's initial vision though! :)
https://twitter.com/pmarca/status/479520791671750656