Adam Prescott
2015-12-23 20:48:18 UTC
When you first start using Signal without setting it to be the default SMS
app, you might have a very low number of existing contacts with the app
available, say 4-5. In this case, other contacts won't appear in the app
when starting a new conversation. In the extreme, this list might actually
be completely empty. It seems like this would be a good place to have an
invite button to help boost the network effect.
First-time users would have a more obvious action to take if the list is
empty, has very few entries, or simply can't see the user they want. Right
now the alternative is â at least on Android â to find the invite option
under an overflow menu.
Somewhat like WhatsApp, below the list of "available" contacts, the
remaining set of local known contacts could appear. For example, attached
is the contact list in WhatsApp. All contacts appear, but the bottom set
have an "Invite" button. A view like this *does* appear in Signal if you
use it for SMS, albeit without any invite option.
[image: Inline image 1]
app, you might have a very low number of existing contacts with the app
available, say 4-5. In this case, other contacts won't appear in the app
when starting a new conversation. In the extreme, this list might actually
be completely empty. It seems like this would be a good place to have an
invite button to help boost the network effect.
First-time users would have a more obvious action to take if the list is
empty, has very few entries, or simply can't see the user they want. Right
now the alternative is â at least on Android â to find the invite option
under an overflow menu.
Somewhat like WhatsApp, below the list of "available" contacts, the
remaining set of local known contacts could appear. For example, attached
is the contact list in WhatsApp. All contacts appear, but the bottom set
have an "Invite" button. A view like this *does* appear in Signal if you
use it for SMS, albeit without any invite option.
[image: Inline image 1]