Here in South Europe people mostly use Viber. Edit: I was very unaware about situation in Southern Europe as I’ve learned from this post… Most people in Croatia use Viber!

  • @[email protected]English
    9•2 years ago

    Mostly SMS, but I have one friend who uses Whatsapp. I have Signal installed but wasn’t able to convince anyone else to switch.

  • @[email protected]
    5•2 years ago

    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.

        • @[email protected]
          3•2 years ago

          The nature of Signal being end-to-end encrypted by default without any third party in the middle does add some limitations for the desktop app. I do wish I could insert a fucking GIF though.

  • @[email protected]
    7•2 years ago

    So I’m actually an immigrant (Indian) but I came over super young so I guess it counts. WhatsApp with family, normal SMS for everything else. If I could, I would use Signal for everything but it’s kind of hard to get your massive Indian family to all switch from something they’ve used for a decade and a half.

  • adonis
    4•2 years ago

    I can’t get my slavic grannies and aunties off of Viber either 😂

  • @[email protected]
    1•2 years ago

    For Filipinos, Messenger is life, it seems.

    Me and my friends prefer Instagram, Discord or WhatsApp though

  • Sabata11792
    5•2 years ago

    Discord for friends, SMS for everyone else. Rather use something private but I can’t convince people to care.

  • N-E-N
    3•2 years ago

    I mostly use Telegram/Signal/Discord, but Snapchat and Insta are very popular here in Canada

  • @[email protected]English
    3•2 years ago

    Signal for anyone I could get on Signal.

    But sms/RCS for random people I exchange numbers with.

  • @[email protected]English
    11•2 years ago

    SMS/RCS for friends/family in meatspace, Discord for friends in cyberspace.

    Snapchat still seems to be a default conduit of communication for my family members and their respective friends. I do not have Snapchat and never will. They are mildly annoyed at my stubbornness.

    I have yet to meet a single soul in my local circles who is willing to install any messaging platform over any concern of privacy or security. These are very simply not important factors to any of them. It’s upsetting. But, y’know, lead a horse to water, etc.

    Discord continues to be a choice platform for my online friends circle. I don’t know so much about any of them, but I almost never use it for 1:1 private messaging. It’s there for the rare aside conversation. But its primary form of use for me is as a big town square in servers with dozens of people. It’s essentially my version of going to the mall after school or to the local pub after work.