i only got 12 but I got venmo, whatsapp, words with friends, clash of clans, minecraft, zoom, tik tok, spotify,angry birds, snapchat, instagram and twitter
@hbking there was a time eons ago, phones didnt have touchscreens. And can you imagine no apps or camera either!
(there is even a rumour that once upon a time phones were stuck to the wall... now that makes absolutely no sense! I am pretty sure that was made up. You would have to go home and stare at the wall to talk to your friends, haha)
I barely remember when phones had no dials or buttons. We picked up the receiver and waited for the operator to ask, "Number please?" Then we got a phone with a dial and we could dial the number ourselves - that is, we could when we found the line open which wasn't often because we were on a party line with seven other families and had to share. I still remember our ring was two longs and a short. We heard everyone's ring but only picked up when it was ours. The phone rang all hours. We had a card next to the phone which gave everyone else's ring and if we wanted to phone someone on our line we had to dial their party line number (it would be a single number, 1-8) then we'd hang up and their ring would sound repeatedly. When it stopped we knew they had answered and we picked up the receiver and said hello. If it just kept ringing then they weren't home. We didn't get a private line until the 1970s when I was married with children, but by then we only shared with three families.
The trouble with the party line was that anyone who shared the line could pick up their phone and listen in. We could hear when someone picked up and usually knew who the nosy people were on the line. Occasionally someone would break in and ask to have the line if it was an emergency or something important. (Calls were supposed to be limited to three minutes but that rule was seldom followed.) While on the nostalgia train, I also remember that the early phones were always black. When colors became available in the 1970s my mom was really excited to have an avocado green phone. (My grandkids love playing with it.) Also, the phone numbers had words in front of them. Some in my area were Locust 8, Madison 4, Edgewater 5, Granite 1, Avenue 3, etc. The first two letters of the word were dialed as part of the number and later became the present prefixes. For example, Locust 8 became the prefix 568. There were no area codes then, only the 3-number prefixes and 4-digit numbers.
Thanks for your kind words. I figured everyone would be rolling their eyes thinking, "That old lady is rambling on again about the 'good ol' days'," but it is amazing to me how far we have come since I was young. I live in a rural area, so it might have been more modern in the cities in the 1950s and '60s.
I wonder how long this new update will last before applications such as Tiktok, Snapchat or Zoom fall out of fashion. Facebook's set to hold out a while later with Instagram and Whatsapp under its wing, I'd imagine, but the market is always changing.
I was thinking the same thing. I've honestly never met a single person who actually played FarmVille. I've even seen it on some video game quizzes which baffles me.
Where did we ever say that Facebook-related apps are fine? But seriously, if you value your data, don't install any Chinese apps on your phone (or anything from Facebook either for that matter).
I do sincerely appreciate that you aren't interested in selling a paid app or freemium app. There is a sense of community here and I think there is value in that.
With that said, if you ever make an app, I would consider downloading it and trying it out. The map/flag type quizzes would be hard on a small screen, and then the keyboard would take up a lot of screen space too. I currently only use the website on my computers.
How about considering Hay Day as a possible answer for "Build a fake farm with real money" too? Isn't Hay Day more popular than Farmville? I mean it has twice as many downloads on Android as Farmville at least.
I really thought the quarantine chat thing would have been wechat. Didn't even know the one mentioned here existed, and right after finishing the quiz I realized CNN is advertising it. Or is it 'product placement' officially?
Also, where's telegram, signal and other (rumored to be) safer options?
Never heard of Venmo, maybe it isn't used much here in Australia. All my friends and family just use PayPal. And to find out what a song is we just ask Google Assistant or Siri :)
Why not add "spying by the US government" in all other apps? Officially the US government can take data from the big 3 cloud providers anywhere in the world. Does anyone remember a guy called Edward Snowden?
I've only ever used four of these, and of those Spotify is the only one I use regularly. Discord and Reddit I use way too much but alas are not on here.
Instead of Skype, I thought of Microsoft Teams first. I think now that Teams may be used more, although Skype is probably still more well-known due to its age.
What? The clue for Zoom is inscrutable to me. I can't seem to find anything that would suggest Zoom is especially susceptible to China, compared to everything on the list. What gives? Racked my brains putting in WeChat, Weixin, Weibo, QQ for nothing.
I really think a quick edit to the Zoom one would be beneficial to those scratching their head guessing Weibo, WeChat, and QQ. Something like "Have a quarantine **VIDEO** chat with multiple friends and family members, with the Chinese government potentially watching as well"
it's "oh nooo why are there so many anti-asian hate crimes" one minute then "helpless chinese people suffering under evil totalitarian dictatorship" the next, make up your mind!!!
(there is even a rumour that once upon a time phones were stuck to the wall... now that makes absolutely no sense! I am pretty sure that was made up. You would have to go home and stare at the wall to talk to your friends, haha)
With that said, if you ever make an app, I would consider downloading it and trying it out. The map/flag type quizzes would be hard on a small screen, and then the keyboard would take up a lot of screen space too. I currently only use the website on my computers.
Also, where's telegram, signal and other (rumored to be) safer options?