When I installed Whatsapp and Viber my social life got back on track. I was wondering for few years where everyone was.
East europe.
this post was submitted on 23 Jul 2023
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Yes it is possible and those people because of which you would be involuntarily forced to use whatsapp aren't woth it anyways
Germany
Most of my friends are in signal, but I still use WhatsApp for those who aren't, and for my family. Never really used WhatsApp to communicate with business. (UK)
US here. Over only used Whatsapp a few times. Everyone I know is either via iMessage or telegram. Businesses mainly use Facebook messenger.
Estonian here.
I use WhatsApp to talk to my mom and we aren't allowed to use it for work. Only our locally hosted Skype instance for business talk, even teams is off limits for more secret stuff since its not fully locally hosted.
I wish my contractor subby group admin would use discord. We will have several site visits which need up to six people in attendance and there is only the whatsapp for organising it. I often think it would be easier to have a discord with different rooms for each site visit. That would mean id only reveive notifications about my specific not work and not every single interaction.
Australian here. Don't know of anyone who uses WhatsApp. Different organizations and demographics uses a range of different platforms like Facebook messenger, MS Teams, Slack, Discord etc. From my perspective those are all about the same level.
At least most official comms either government or business is SMS, phone, or email.
Happy for other Aussies to correct me of course, thsrs just my quick perspective
Bulgarian here. Telegram, Viber and Instagram chat are infinitely more popular than WhatsApp for private use. As for business, no clue.
US here, and yes, easily. I have WhatsApp installed on my phone but it's probably been over a year since I used it last. SMS, email, and Facebook Messenger are the media of choice in my social circle. Work communication is over Slack and email.
But if someone wanted to use WhatsApp to talk to me, I'd use it without being bothered much.
Microsoft Teams is the official communication tool for business where I work, no need to use whatsapp tho a few colleagues use it for fluff, as for personal/family, some of my family use whatsapp but I don't (I use Discord), if we want to talk to each other we use "good old-fashioned" phone calls :D
Japan here. We don’t use WhatsApp at all. Line tends to be forced down our throats, though. I’ve so far managed to avoid using it but do get weird looks when people want to communicate over Line and I refuse.
Canada here. Professional communication at work is done via email. Sending coworkers nasty memes throughout the day is done by iMessage/FB Messenger. Outside of work it’s all iMessage (or SMS with the two people I know who don’t have iOS devices). I don’t know a single person that has ever used WhatsApp.
I'm in Canada. My s/o once had an employer force their staff to use WhatsApp and it was horrible, lol. The notifications were constant and the whole getting work stuff while at home was annoying. But she never had that happen before or after that one employer.
I've never had an employer use WhatsApp, they communicate by text if I need to be reached when I'm not working (rare for me), or email/Teams if I'm at work.
For now I haven't had to use it for work or school, but it's really common for organizations and student groups, so I'd be missing on a lot if I completely stopped using it (France).
yeah pretty easy
We get it Americans, you don’t use Whatsapp.
Unfortunately in most of the world it is pretty much required in many cases - I’m part of 3 work related Whatsapp groups (2 mandatory), many University groups (not mandatory technically, but much information posted there isn’t posted anywhere else), and most people I know mainly use Whatsapp as their IM platform.
Many businesses use Whatsapp for contact too these days.
Yes. Most countries allow you to do so.
Yes, whatsapp is not popular in USA. An iPhone is basically expected for messaging though.
Lol no it's not. I've never even had someone ask me what kind of phone I have.
Nobody asks, you just get left out of group chats if you don’t have a blue bubble. Also can’t facetime.
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The iphone part is not even close to being somewhat true. There are more Android users the iPhone users.
Worldwide, yes, there are more Android users. In the US, almost 60% of people use iOS.
This is mainly a China thing no? Any chemical suppliers we contact use WA