Discord, Telegram, SMS
I keep wanting to like Signal but the fact that they refuse to allow multi-device use kills it for me. I can go for days at a time never checking my phone, every app I use also delivers messages to my tablet.
this post was submitted on 09 Oct 2023
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Whatsapp because I can't get anyone to flip
Signal for anyone I could get on Signal.
But sms/RCS for random people I exchange numbers with.
Germany: Only aware of WhatsApp but I don't chat much...
Personally online: Discord
Discord and SMS.
Facebook Messenger. I'm from Australia (but currently living in the USA) and Facebook Messenger is by far the most common messaging app in Australia. MSN Messenger used to be #1, then it was briefly Google Talk after MSN shut down, and now it's been Messenger for a long time.
I just use SMS. I don't need to install anything extra or make some sort of extra account somewhere. Phone plans here have had unlimited texts for like over a decade now so we aren't spending extra money here to send texts either.
SMS is notoriously unreliable, plus insecure as hell.
As in it's known across the industry that upward of 10% of messages fail, and since SMS lacks error detection (and thereby no error correction), you have no idea when your message never arrived.
Viber. Brings back memories.
Mix of messenger, telegram, and SMS for me.
Signal
I mostly use Telegram/Signal/Discord, but Snapchat and Insta are very popular here in Canada
I do cybersecurity and programming, so, stereotypically, Discord. It's more widespread than Matrix, and it's natively and easily cross-platform unlike iMessage, SMS, Telegram, or Signal.
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estonia here: most people use Facebook messager, whatsapp, sms, viber, Skype and snapchat
Mostly FB Messenger because I can't get my relatives to use anything else :/
SMS/FB Messenger. The only people i message are my parents and in-laws.
Signal for family, Discord for friends.
iMessage/SMS and Messenger are what most of my friends use. Although I know people who use Snapchat at work. I donβt anyone who uses Telegram or Signal.