nobody uses instant msging anymore.
I wonder why that is. It seems to me there isn't a totally suitable
maybe because people dont want to be instantly available, or they like to communicate like they do via snapchat and instagram and facebook.
On my phone (or tablet) anyway, Facebook Messager is its own separate app (separate from the Facebook app). Still, I can only message Facebook members with it, but its similar to MSN or AIM in that regard. I don't see it as being different much at all. --
I thought I had read a while ago that Facebook's Messenger app had become a more general messenger app and you could use it to message your phone contacts. I seem to remember it asking me for permission one time to access my phone contacts.
Originally I wondered why Facebook decided to make their messenger a separate app. It used to be that their mobile app allowed messaging other Facebook users directly from the app, but now it forces you to use their separate Messenger app. For that reason, I generally have been in the habit of using Facebook's web site (rather than their dedicated app) even on my smartphone.
nobody uses instant msging anymore.
I wonder why that is.
I'm somebody and I still use instant messaging - mainly Facebook's, to communicate with family members. That and iMessage. <shrug> --
Yep, I use messenger and Skype for the most part.
Discord and Slack, while not technically instant messengers, also get heavily used.
It's nice being a "nobody".
nobody uses instant msging anymore.
I wonder why that is. It seems to me there isn't a totally suitable
maybe because people dont want to be instantly available, or they like to communicate like they do via snapchat and instagram and facebook.
You don't have to always be available to chat with those. I'd always sign out of the messengers when I wasn't available, and the messengers typically show your online/offline status.
Nightfox
Discord and Slack, while not technically instant messengers, also get
heavily used.
It's nice being a "nobody".
so why do you use 5 different things? why not use email, sms or just use one? ---
it's not like aim or yahoo msger or msn, though. it's
an additional feature on a social media site.
On 7/7/2021 8:07 PM, MRO wrote:
it's not like aim or yahoo msger or msn, though. it's
an additional feature on a social media site.
Aim and yahoo messengers were an additional feature for social media
sites. ;-) I think the rise and fall of XMPP had a lot to do with it,
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