Let’s face it, there is a large number of people out there who have at some point sent a message to someone else and they have regretted doing this almost immediately. When we feel emotional, we tend to do things that we would normally never do. Text messaging this kind of things is without a doubt one of those situations. Luckily there is now an app that can help you get rid of those messages that you should never have sent to anyone.
This app goes beyond simply allowing you to delete a message so that the recipient can’t see it, it will also allow you to recall a message before it gets sent. This is going to be a feature that you will be able to tweak depending on the person, but there are still many things about it that are being questioned.
The first problem is that no one knows for sure if the app is really going to delete the messages on the other end. This question has been raised after a few similar aps have come out claiming that they can do that, only to have the users find out that the messages never left the recipients phone.
The problem is that there seems to be no easy or logical way for an app to be able to delete all traces of a message from the phone that the other person uses. This would require a very specialized level of administrative entry on the phone of the other person.
There is one app called “strings” that is supposed to be extremely efficient for this purpose, but the experts in mobile technology are asking users to be cautious and to avoid thinking that their messages are guaranteed to never be seen again.
It seems like there are many factors that would need to be considered in order for an app to be able to pull this off efficiently. You would need to take into consideration that kind of memory storage settings that the phone has. It could be setup in way that creates logs and databases of all the information that the phone receives. This is just one of the many reasons why the efficiency of this kind of app seems to be questionable.
The best advice that we can give you is to always think twice before you send any kind of message to a person when you are feeing angry or frustrated. You can also try to use this kind of apps, but it will be much harder for you to get the right kind of results when you try that out. The only good option is to learn to control your emotions and this way you won’t have to put your job, or your personal relationships on the line.
You could try out apps like strings and test them with your friends to see if the messages are actually deleted every single time with different settings o the phones you test the apps on. This is going to be a great way for you to make the most of the app and have peace of mind that things really are getting deleted as you expected.
Controlling yourself is also going to be extremely useful for all your professional and personal decisions in life.
Sharon Callix
Award Winning Social Media Expert
www.MakingMoneyUsingSocialMedia.com
