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Yesterday I saw posts all over the place that Discord will require facial scans or government ID to use it. Since I've used Discord exactly one time about five years ago, it was easy for me to join the throngs of users who were deleting their accounts.
But I have another project that'll take a lot more time and consideration, and I'm glad I gave it a little thought first: contacts.
I've really never deleted any contacts at all. If I ever sent someone a text message, email, or physical mail, I probably still have the info. My virtual address book is now mostly people I'll never speak to again and for the most part don't want to, but a recent group text reminded me why it's a good idea to keep the info for people I don't like.
Someone sent out a text to a large group of people not realizing that one person in the group doesn't like a few of the others. And that one person also didn't have the contact info for the people they didn't like, so when they asked who mystery numbers were for, it got really awkward.
So while there are people I doubt I'll have contact with and don't want it, it's easy to see why it'd be nice if I hear from them to know who they are. That means old contacts I don't have strong feelings about can be deleted, but I should keep the info for ones I know I want to ignore. And I think they'll all get a ZZZ so they sort to the end alphabetically.
This is another instance where using Microsoft products but Android phones is a pain. The contacts in Outlook were imported from Google, but from that point on they became two different lists. I use Outlook as the true address book, by which I mean that's where the address, email address, and phone number go.
Just looking at my contacts makes my head spin. This will be a big job but reducing the chances of sending something to the wrong person is a great motivator.
But I have another project that'll take a lot more time and consideration, and I'm glad I gave it a little thought first: contacts.
I've really never deleted any contacts at all. If I ever sent someone a text message, email, or physical mail, I probably still have the info. My virtual address book is now mostly people I'll never speak to again and for the most part don't want to, but a recent group text reminded me why it's a good idea to keep the info for people I don't like.
Someone sent out a text to a large group of people not realizing that one person in the group doesn't like a few of the others. And that one person also didn't have the contact info for the people they didn't like, so when they asked who mystery numbers were for, it got really awkward.
So while there are people I doubt I'll have contact with and don't want it, it's easy to see why it'd be nice if I hear from them to know who they are. That means old contacts I don't have strong feelings about can be deleted, but I should keep the info for ones I know I want to ignore. And I think they'll all get a ZZZ so they sort to the end alphabetically.
This is another instance where using Microsoft products but Android phones is a pain. The contacts in Outlook were imported from Google, but from that point on they became two different lists. I use Outlook as the true address book, by which I mean that's where the address, email address, and phone number go.
Just looking at my contacts makes my head spin. This will be a big job but reducing the chances of sending something to the wrong person is a great motivator.
