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[Misc] Do you use WhatsApp?

Do you use WhatsApp?

  • Yes, a lot

    Votes: 205 58.7%
  • Yes, a little

    Votes: 79 22.6%
  • No - I did, but don't any longer

    Votes: 7 2.0%
  • No - I've never used it

    Votes: 48 13.8%
  • Yes - but only when people contact me via it

    Votes: 10 2.9%

  • Total voters
    349


Bozza

You can change this
Helpful Moderator
Jul 4, 2003
55,575
Back in Sussex
One of NSC's advertising partners just sent an email to a group of site owners asking for our details to be added to their WhatsApp group.

What I thought was interesting was what seemed to be an assumption that everyone uses WhatsApp.

I have it on my phone but I think I've only used it 4 or 5 times, and only when someone has sent me a message there (and I've no idea why they chose that medium to do so).

So, do you use WhatsApp? How ubiquitous is it?
 




spence

British and Proud
Oct 15, 2014
9,811
Crawley
My most used app. Couldn't be without it
 




Boroseagull

Well-known member
Aug 23, 2003
2,055
Alhaurin de la Torre
Use it more than anything else. Free telephone/video calls from Spain to UK to stay in touch with family. Mrs BS talks to her brother in Australia without thinking of cost. Easy to send photos....whats not to like?
 




Nixonator

Well-known member
Feb 8, 2016
6,733
Shoreham Beach
One of NSC's advertising partners just sent an email to a group of site owners asking for our details to be added to their WhatsApp group.

What I thought was interesting was what seemed to be an assumption that everyone uses WhatsApp.

I have it on my phone but I think I've only used it 4 or 5 times, and only when someone has sent me a message there (and I've no idea why they chose that medium to do so).

So, do you use WhatsApp? How ubiquitous is it?

All the time but exclusively for messaging, almost nobody uses SMS/Skype or other alternatives to reach me anymore.

Uses data instead of network, very useful and I wouldn't blame them for assuming that everyone/most people use it as that is consistent with my experiences.
 


Frutos

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Helpful Moderator
NSC Patreon
May 3, 2006
35,493
Northumberland
Yes, I use it a lot to keep in touch with my family.
 


Bozza

You can change this
Helpful Moderator
Jul 4, 2003
55,575
Back in Sussex
Use it more than anything else. Free telephone/video calls from Spain to UK to stay in touch with family. Mrs BS talks to her brother in Australia without thinking of cost. Easy to send photos....whats not to like?

Everyone I need contact with has an iPhone so FaceTime is used. Maybe that's why I don't use it.
 




Mr Smggles

Well-known member
May 11, 2009
2,654
Winchester
Its brilliant for adding multiple people and sending media. Not so good when you read a message from the mrs and ignore it because of the blue ticks.
 


marlowe

Well-known member
Dec 13, 2015
3,898
One of NSC's advertising partners just sent an email to a group of site owners asking for our details to be added to their WhatsApp group.

What I thought was interesting was what seemed to be an assumption that everyone uses WhatsApp.

I have it on my phone but I think I've only used it 4 or 5 times, and only when someone has sent me a message there (and I've no idea why they chose that medium to do so).

So, do you use WhatsApp? How ubiquitous is it?

I use whatsapp as a texting substitute. The advantages are you can send photos for free which i do to certain people quite a lot if i need to show them something. The other advantage is you get notifications when the message has been received and then opened.
 






Buzzer

Languidly Clinical
Oct 1, 2006
26,121
I use it all the time but only for group messaging. On my Android phone, group messages get sent as picture messages so would cost me a fortune if I used the norrmal messaging service.
 










Badger

NOT the Honey Badger
NSC Patreon
May 8, 2007
12,750
Toronto
I use it more than any other messaging service. Obviously it's particularly useful for keeping in touch with UK friends and family. I use FB Messenger too, but I've gone off it since they started adding pointless extra features which I will never use, and can't be hidden.
[MENTION=522]Kinky Gerbils[/MENTION] does keep sending me pictures of a black guy with a massive cock on WhatsApp. I now know what he spends his time doing on the internet.
 




darkwolf666

Well-known member
Nov 8, 2015
7,575
Sittingbourne, Kent
Didn't realise how much I used it until I noticed my text usage for the month on my contract was almost zero!

As said, free photos, free messages and calls - what's not to like.
 




Boroseagull

Well-known member
Aug 23, 2003
2,055
Alhaurin de la Torre
Its brilliant for adding multiple people and sending media. Not so good when you read a message from the mrs and ignore it because of the blue ticks.

Just switch the phone to 'flight mode' before reading message - it does not then show it's been read. Don't tell the misses I told you!
 


Guinness Boy

Tofu eating wokerati
Helpful Moderator
NSC Patreon
Jul 23, 2003
33,820
Up and Coming Sunny Portslade
Lots of group usage. Use it to organise my son's football team's training & fixtures, monthly poker night, Albion tickets & work whereabouts to name but 4


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