Why We Love Ephemeral Messaging (And You Should, Too) (pingpal.io) 4 points by pingpalfred 12y ago ↗ HN
[–] hiharryhere 12y ago ↗ Ephemeral has to rank up there as one of the more irritating buzzwords of recent times.Can we stick it in the bin, along with skeuomorphic and Artisanal? [–] mutemule 12y ago ↗ My initial reaction to your comment was "ephemeral has been around for a while, and has real, tangible meaning, especially when dealing with crypto".Then I realized the same could be said about the terms 'skeuomorphic' and 'Artisinal', and pretty much any other over-utilized buzzword.And then I was enlightened.
[–] mutemule 12y ago ↗ My initial reaction to your comment was "ephemeral has been around for a while, and has real, tangible meaning, especially when dealing with crypto".Then I realized the same could be said about the terms 'skeuomorphic' and 'Artisinal', and pretty much any other over-utilized buzzword.And then I was enlightened.
[–] upofadown 12y ago ↗ Page has a graphic of a cloud of smoke with the word "Puff!" superimposed.So this looks legit...
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[ 0.29 ms ] story [ 26.7 ms ] threadCan we stick it in the bin, along with skeuomorphic and Artisanal?
Then I realized the same could be said about the terms 'skeuomorphic' and 'Artisinal', and pretty much any other over-utilized buzzword.
And then I was enlightened.
So this looks legit...