When traveling I’ve noticed that different services are used as the mainstream in different countries to get messages between friends.
For example, here in Australia I think most people (at least young people) currently use Facebook Messenger, and Snapchat to communicate with each other. But services like WhatsApp, LINE, WeChat, and others are hardly known and hardly used. People don’t seem to send text messages much anymore either.
In China everyone used WeChat (obviously not much choice there), in Japan LINE is a go to, in Indonesia WhatsApp and Line were both popular. Facebook Messenger and Snapchat were not used by the majority of young people I came across in any of these countries. It also seems to me that WhatsApp is huge around the world but it hasn’t taken off here (except seemingly among ethnic diasporas here).
I have accounts on Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, WeChat, LINE, and WhatsApp because I have friends all over the world. But I mainly use Facebook Messenger for my Aussie friends.
What’s popular in your country and what do you use?
For example, here in Australia I think most people (at least young people) currently use Facebook Messenger, and Snapchat to communicate with each other. But services like WhatsApp, LINE, WeChat, and others are hardly known and hardly used. People don’t seem to send text messages much anymore either.
In China everyone used WeChat (obviously not much choice there), in Japan LINE is a go to, in Indonesia WhatsApp and Line were both popular. Facebook Messenger and Snapchat were not used by the majority of young people I came across in any of these countries. It also seems to me that WhatsApp is huge around the world but it hasn’t taken off here (except seemingly among ethnic diasporas here).
I have accounts on Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, WeChat, LINE, and WhatsApp because I have friends all over the world. But I mainly use Facebook Messenger for my Aussie friends.
What’s popular in your country and what do you use?