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Varun Srinivasan@v
15 days ago

imessage tapbacks are max cringe how is this what the cool kids use in america?

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Ajay@ajay
15 days ago

What are tapbacks?

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j4ck is onchain@j4ck
15 days ago

i use them constantly. wana imessage me? lolol

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Jeff Feiwell@hyper
15 days ago

They are the best thing ever? Instead of choosing between a full text and a ghost you can give a thumbs up this is peak human ingenuity

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15 days ago

it's the perfect way to either not start a conversation or to end one

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Max Jackson@mxjxn
15 days ago

Max emphasized "As an android user I heartily agree"

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Dan Romero@dwr
15 days ago

sounds like someone who gets a lot of !! and ? would say

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Jesse Pollak 🔵@jessepollak
15 days ago

I love em

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Sam Iglesias@sam
15 days ago

(!!) just the worst take

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ted (not lasso)@ted
15 days ago

ooo if anything is max cringe, it’s this cast 🙈 tapbacks are choose your own adventure: direct and efficient (👍) or chaotic and ambiguous (‼️). also a thumbs up tapback > “k” text response. always.

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Varun Srinivasan@v
15 days ago

OK so the problem is not the idea of a tapback, its that you must express your emotions as ONEOF {heart, thumbsup, thumbsdown, HAHA, !!, ?} where the creative freedom? i want the unhinged astral plane emoji options

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Yinka Erinle@yinka
15 days ago

Use thumbs up and exclamation almost daily

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Michael Pfister@pfista
15 days ago

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ted (not lasso)@ted
15 days ago

also "what does it mean if he 'loved' my text?" walked so that "what does it mean if he watched my ig story?" could run

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Renee Bigelow@reneeb
15 days ago

Today years old when I learned they are called Tapbacks not reactions. But I do know they cause as much anxiety to the cool kids as the word okay.

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Landon@lndnnft
15 days ago

*double tap* *thumbs down tapback*

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Zach Terrell@zachterrell
15 days ago

one of the craziest ratios I’ve ever seen on this app

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osama@osama
15 days ago

1. efficient 2. blue bubbles is where cool kids at 3. they’re a perfect set of quick replies. Eg 🙈🙏🏼🤦🏻‍♀️🥵🤯🫥😱 like “reactions” mean too much and are ambiguous at best. also cool kids don’t reply with single emoji afaik (I’m not a cool kid, I study them closely)

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Matthew@matthew
15 days ago

FIP-3: rename cast reactions to cast tapbacks

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Alex Palmer@thatalexpalmer
15 days ago

I dig them a lot and use them all the time.

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Prashant Bagga@prashantbagga
15 days ago

not “tapbacks” but reactions coming soon on @converseapp

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$ALEX Masmej (hiring)@alexmasmej
15 days ago

Cool kids value low effort versus actual expression. Makes them fit in more and be socially normal. Cringe is actually more about standing out

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Christopher Wallace@christopher
14 days ago

serious?

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Ivy Astrix@ivy
14 days ago

i'm not surprised but i'm disappointed

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David Furlong@df
14 days ago

I don’t understand them either. Didnt even know they were called that. imessage is a strange american phenomenon- noone uses it virtually anywhere else

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Michael Pfister@pfista
14 days ago

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Aaina @aaina
13 days ago

with text, they add dimension to an already flowing dialogue and that is elevating. however, on their own give a dismissive/ nonreciprocal vibe. it’s fine for power games but detrimental for cultivating real connection. when a response is just* a tapback there is a part of you that retreats or stays guarded.