Subj : Re: KICQ as an "Old New I
To   : MRO
From : Andeddu
Date : Mon Jul 05 2021 01:40:09

  Re: Re: KICQ as an "Old New I
  By: MRO to Andeddu on Wed Jun 30 2021 08:54 pm

 >  >  > Shame actually. I got on the net in 1996 and ICQ and IRC were my main
 >  >  > means of communication. I loved getting the oh-ow sounds when logging
 >  >  > in, having people reach out to me and exchanging messages.
 >
 >  > IM clients on your phone are the main form of communication now. Where I
 >  > am from pretty much everyone is on WhatsApp -- it's a very good way to
 >  > keep in
 >
 > the people i know just use facebook, snapchat, instagram or txting.
 > whatsapp isnt that popular with them.  i have whatsapp but why would i use
 > it when i can txt a friend instead?

I think most people still use all those social media clients alongside WhatsApp
which is more for general chat. In the UK texting is pretty much dead as it's
just not as good an experience as WhatsApp... NightFox said before that
WhatsApp isn't massive in the USA but I reside in the UK. Texting is also still
limited here in the sense that most phone packages include around 500-1000 text
messages. Everyone seems to have a large data contract so WhatsApp can be used
without having to worry about going over your allowance... perhaps that's the
reason it's so popular.

Either way, I think smart phones are responsible for killing off traditional IM
clients such as MSN.

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