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Wih Messenger Revamp, Yahoo Joins the 'Unsend' Trend (thestack.com)

Posted by timothy on from the recalling-the-bandwagon dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Yahoo has announced a new version of its almost-mothballed Messenger app, which, in addition to new integration with Flickr and Tumblr images, now permits users to 'unsend' messages at any time, a facility which Viber added last week. The ability to erase sent communication has been a dream of business and personal users for many years, and if messaging eclipses email, it seems likely to become a reality.

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  1. nice title by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    some real editing work going on here

  2. Wow ... by gstoddart · · Score: 4, Funny

    I swoon over the innovation here, and hereby retract my previous assertions Yahoo is growing irrelevant and pointless.

    Adding a feature to a product which TFS calls "almost-mothballed", that's sure to save the company!!

    My nipples crinkle in admiration.

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    1. Re:Wow ... by crtreece · · Score: 3, Interesting

      My nipples expolode with delight!

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  3. Unsend doesn't exist after delivery by pla · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Sure, go ahead and unsend all you want! I always find it hilarious when I get email recall messages that my client ignores; seeing the same thing in a real time chat should prove a real hoot!

    1. Re:Unsend doesn't exist after delivery by vux984 · · Score: 2

      that my client ignores

      The thing about messaging is you are generally locked into a client; so it'll no longer be up to you whether or not you use a client that ignores it or not.

    2. Re:Unsend doesn't exist after delivery by mentil · · Score: 2

      I connect to yahoo's servers using Pidgin. I imagine Trillian also works. I imagine the client will either ignore the unsend, or give a bolded notification "The user attempted to unsend the prior message".

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  4. How young is slashdot to not remember AOL? by thewolfkin · · Score: 2

    AOL had unsend. It had unsend because everything was under their control. As far as I can tell it's the only way to do unsend and it's the first sign of a system that's entirely under their control. Send is send. You can't pull back a fired bullet and you shouldn't be trying to unsend messages either.

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  5. Skype has had it for ages. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    Move along, nothing to see here.

  6. Re:I wrote an app that Un-deletes anything I recei by mwehle · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Why doesn't em grow a thicker skin?

    Because em would grow too heavy, and then how could em dash?

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