Scandal surrounding the Trump administration’s Signal group chat has led to a landmark week for the encrypted messaging app’s adoption—its “largest US growth moment by a massive margin.”

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    5 days ago

    An ironic instance of Trump’s “no such thing as bad publicity” philosophy in action

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    6 days ago

    Well, if it’s good enough for a couch-fucking VP and a weekend TV show hosts playing Secretary of Defence, it’s good enough for me.

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    God dammit.

    I’m JUST starting to talk to a woman online. I was going to tell her she can use Signal usernames if she’s not comfortable with giving phone numbers.

    Kik gained a reputation as being a sex app.

    Signal now has the reputation of being a trump thing.

    CAN’T I JUST HAVE ONE GOD DAMNED APP THAT ALLOWS WOMEN TO EXCHANGE A HANDLE RATHER THAN A PHONE NUMBER SO THEY FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE???

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        6 days ago

        Well…I meant more from the angle of “hey, add me on signal”.

        “Signal? What’s that?” researches with quick google search

        “Oh, he’s a trump guy…” BLOCK