Besides phone numbers/email, what contact methods do you find others expect you to use?

WhoRoger, 10 months ago

WhatsApp is the go-to thing around here

Mugmoor, 10 months ago

None. A Phone number and email is more than enough.

betterdeadthanreddit, 10 months ago

We trade callsigns and frequencies or repeaters. CQ CQ CQ.

Rhynoplaz, 10 months ago

Someone at work was upset that I didn’t respond to their G Chat. 🤨

ALostInquirer, 10 months ago

That’s one of Google’s many attempts at a chat service, right? If so, can’t blame ya for being mildly confused…I can never keep up with which of those are still running.

emmanuel_car, 10 months ago

Insta where I’m from, which is fine, unless you don’t have an account like me 🤷‍♂️

intensely_human, 10 months ago

Whatsapp whenever I’m traveling.

XYZinferno, 10 months ago

WhatsApp if I’m talking to an Indian crowd, Instagram or Snapchat otherwise

I don’t happen to use any of the above though

infyrin, 10 months ago

Messengers I’m not on, like Kik.

CorrodedCranium, 10 months ago

Do you mind me asking what kind of group/situation you are in where you’d be using Kik?

I used it before I had a cellphone and my coworker uses it to cheat on his wife but I haven’t heard of many other people using it.

infyrin, 10 months ago

It seems to be used by people who cheat, want to be discreet and maybe practice scams.

xylogx, 10 months ago

AIM/ICQ. Hello from the nineties.

bernieecclestoned, 10 months ago

Zoom, Teams, Google Meet, WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, LinkedIn

alianne, 10 months ago

The vast majority of people I speak with just use regular old text messaging. If it’s someone I meet via networking at work, I’ll occasionally get asked about LinkedIn; same thing but with Discord if it’s someone I meet gaming online.

Extrasvhx9he, 10 months ago

I usually ask the people I dont know much if they’re on simplex. The rest i usually ask to add me on signal. Massive groups I interact with are usually on discord but I move to simplex if they want a one on one discussion with me

bulwark, 10 months ago

Facebook Messenger. I hate Facebook but I had to create an account so I can communicate with my coworkers.

planish, 10 months ago

I have some friends who seem to inform each other of things via Instagram.

I also get a lot of weird SMS/MMS messages that I think have been generated automatically by iMessage to try and map things it has to things actually in the spec.

ALostInquirer, 10 months ago

Those friends do it via goofy images, right? It’s Instagram, that’s gotta be required by the terms of service, else what’s the point? lmao

ccunning, 10 months ago

In Thailand it’s 100% Line.

Sales people for both buying a house and a car wanted to exchange Line info. They were baffled both that I didn’t have line and that I would want to exchange phone numbers.