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[–] obinice@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (6 children)

WhatsApp? The instant messenger boomers use on their phones?

Damn, who saw that coming.

[–] aarRJaay@lemm.ee 20 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Spotted the iMessage user who routinly cries about dot colour

[–] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 4 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Weird that this is your association as using it would require an iPhone which most youth don't have. My thought was Telegram, which is omnipresent at least around me, with Whatsapp often being kept just for the parents or older relatives.

[–] 1985MustangCobra@lemmy.ca 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

"an iPhone which most youth dont have"

i see you dont live in north america

[–] 1985MustangCobra@lemmy.ca -1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

telegram is for pedos and this one guy i know uses it and i question his motives

[–] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

No, it's used by just about everyone. Generally the younger the person and the bigger their city, the more likely they are to gravitate towards Telegram rather than Whatsapp.

[–] 1985MustangCobra@lemmy.ca 0 points 6 days ago

I know alot of people in my city and its one of the biggest in north america and they have never heard of it.

[–] vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

telegram is one of the worst, privacy wise.

[–] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 4 points 6 days ago

I know, and it's terrible that it's so unavoidable. I managed to avoid Whatsapp, but without Telegram managing university life would be incredibly hard.

[–] Free_Opinions@feddit.uk 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

In most of Europe WhatsApp is synonymous with text messaging.

[–] mayhair@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 6 days ago

Also in South Asia and the Middle East.

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 6 days ago

Yeah, the other instant messenger owned by Facebook

[–] vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 34 points 1 week ago

american, right? It's very popular in other places.

[–] cestvrai@lemm.ee 26 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Most countries stopped using SMS ages ago. WhatsApp, Signal and Telegram are ubiquitous.

[–] AndyMFK@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I WISH signal was ubiquitous. Half of my friends are still using Facebook Messenger so I still have to resort to using SMS for them

[–] DrDystopia@lemy.lol 4 points 6 days ago

SMS for everybody not on a self-hostable encrypted messenger. Why fool oneself into thinking a US managed messenger is private?

[–] cestvrai@lemm.ee 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] VintageGenious@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Is Belgium known for using Messenger?

[–] cestvrai@lemm.ee 1 points 6 days ago

I thought so, but that might be 10 years ago and in Flanders, so… 🤷‍♂️