[s0] Irony and user interfaces

[chalcedony_starlings]

If two people want to add each other on Telegram based initially on sharing usernames, how is this actually done?

So far, what I've run into is:

1. I use the “Share My Contact” button because contact lists seem to only be able to contain target numbers; entries can't be added purely by username.
2. The other user adds me, because they haven't gone through the same thing a dozen times before or aren't paying attention or got excited.
3. The share button on their screen no longer exists because I'm Already A Contact, so I have to badger them for their number.
4. Then sometimes this causes them to get upset with me, and then [redacted].

What's the good answer? (And why do I see so many complaints about user interfaces on less-centralized stuff when this is still allowed and okay?)

Comments

[xyzzysqrl]

I put their name into the search box and...

That's as far as I've ever needed to go.

[chalcedony_starlings]

How do you continue keeping track of them if you ever want to clean up the main screen? 6..9

What is the “contact list” feature for in this model? 9..6

Can I please have a goddamn hug?

[xyzzysqrl]

I never clean up the main screen ever. I have people at the bottom of my list I have not spoken to since 2017, in much the same way that I had people on my AIM contact list I had not spoken to since college.

Also, yes. *hug*