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Another added benefit is that you can jump from platform to platform while maintaining the same conversation. Also, not sure if this is typical use but my boyfriend and I default to Facebook Messenger over texting for the same reasons a lot of people use WhatsApp (we can chat endless drivel to each other all day without running the risk of going over our allotted number of messages). WhatsApp: for group-texts, especially among people who don't have unlimited texting as part of their cellular plan.įacebook Messenger: for communicating with people whose phone number you might not have. Snapchat: for image-augmented chatting, especially of the high-security variety (you can send sexually explicit photos in a low stakes way) But I find that different people use different apps for different reasons. Posted by Too-Ticky at 2:09 PM on September 24, 2015īest answer: We mostly use them for chatting. why don't you come in and see for yourself? The hackerspace channel is much the same. What time will you be home, what do you think of the file that I emailed you, can you help me with this or that?īut there are also jokes, general catching up, interesting links and other banter. Many of the messages I exchange with single persons (as opposed to being in a chat room) are more or less practical in nature. Miranda also handles IRC, which I mostly use for chatrooms like Metafilter Chat and my hackerspace's IRC channel.

I also use Gchat through Miranda, because not all of my contacts are on ICQ. I use Miranda IM which is a multi-protocol messenger programme. But I don't use their software, just their server and protocol. I use ICQ because I'm old skool like that, and still have friends who use it too.

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I do use messenger software on my laptop. I don't have a smartphone, so I don't use apps. Posted by terretu at 11:40 AM on Septemīest answer: Hello, I'm a dinosaur. Which requires more effort than just blurting out your thoughts as they come, so I can see why this format is popular. If I'd been sending the above in an email, I'd have done it in one paragraph as prose. It's a notable behavioural difference to the way some other communication methods are used, maybe influenced by the fact that SMS has a character limit, or by familiarity with the IM style of communication, or character-limited platforms like Twitter. >I talked to them about the credit check and it sounds good

>If you want to see it again before then we can have a second viewing >They'll email you a tenancy reference form at some point >The place with the big garden looked great so I've applied for it and paid the deposit This also seems to be a generational thing - my mother is more likely to type out a long single message on her phone, whereas my sister and I will do the rapid-fire chat style thing.Īn example from one of my message threads talking to my partner about our housing situation (each line is a single message): I think one behavioural component that makes the hundred billion number plausible is that people (at least, me and the people I know) tend to split each separate thought/part of the paragraph into a separate message instead of sending a long block of prose.

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Best answer: In the last few hours, I've WhatsApp'd one friend talking about my current house search and rearranging weekend plans, talked house stuff + exchanged cute dog pictures with another friend, and I've also sent a bunch of messages to my sister (house search + future vacation plans + discussion about our mother), my partner (house stuff plus logistics - he's getting back late from a camping trip) and my mother (house stuff, stuff about my health situation).Īll in all, that's 80 messages (including replies) in the last two or three hours.

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