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> messenger completely died when it started forcing you to use it on mobile and people simply started using other message services because half their friends wo

> messenger completely died when it started forcing you to use it on mobile and people simply started using other message services because half their friends wouldn't respond until they were at computers. To counter this with my own personal anecdote, in my social circles this is not true at all, and messenger has become even more of the messaging standard in recent times.

joshstrange 8y ago
A second anecdote, every single communication for me is over FB messenger or iMessage. I occasionally get SMS messages but I refuse to use SMS long-term with my android friends, you just miss out on too many features.
- thewizardofaus 8y ago
  What features do you miss out on by using SMS?
  - joshstrange 8y ago
    Read receipts, typing indicators, delivery receipts, unlimited message size (text), better sending of media files and links to websites like previews)
    - murukesh_s 8y ago
      Plus I believe SMS is not free, so you never used it as much
  - throwawaymath 8y ago
    Encryption, authentication, delivery notifications, read receipts, typing indicators, group messaging, hyperlink previews, third party app integrations, (some) emojis, etc. The experience of using SMS is spartan and incomparable to modern messaging applications like iMessage, Whatsapp or Facebook Messenger.
    - TazeTSchnitzel 8y ago
      All Unicode emoji work in SMS, fwiw.
    - asdfasgasdgasdg 8y ago
      MMS is hit or miss on WiFi too. (Yeah I don't have signal in my apartment.)
  - umichguy 8y ago
    Plus, if you lose your phone and you don't have your SMS msgs backed up, they are lost forever pretty much. With messenger, because they are not device dependent, they are still there. You can access them from any device (mobile or desktop) which is connected to the net. I haven't used an SMS in ages...can't even remember the last time I texted or received one.
davidjnelson 8y ago
Definitely. There are many friends and family members whose phone numbers I’ve lost track of I can easily contact via messenger. That’s amazingly useful.

joshstrange 8y ago

A second anecdote, every single communication for me is over FB messenger or iMessage. I occasionally get SMS messages but I refuse to use SMS long-term with my android friends, you just miss out on too many features.

thewizardofaus 8y ago
What features do you miss out on by using SMS?
- joshstrange 8y ago
  Read receipts, typing indicators, delivery receipts, unlimited message size (text), better sending of media files and links to websites like previews)
  - murukesh_s 8y ago
    Plus I believe SMS is not free, so you never used it as much
- throwawaymath 8y ago
  Encryption, authentication, delivery notifications, read receipts, typing indicators, group messaging, hyperlink previews, third party app integrations, (some) emojis, etc. The experience of using SMS is spartan and incomparable to modern messaging applications like iMessage, Whatsapp or Facebook Messenger.
  - TazeTSchnitzel 8y ago
    All Unicode emoji work in SMS, fwiw.
  - asdfasgasdgasdg 8y ago
    MMS is hit or miss on WiFi too. (Yeah I don't have signal in my apartment.)
- umichguy 8y ago
  Plus, if you lose your phone and you don't have your SMS msgs backed up, they are lost forever pretty much. With messenger, because they are not device dependent, they are still there. You can access them from any device (mobile or desktop) which is connected to the net. I haven't used an SMS in ages...can't even remember the last time I texted or received one.

davidjnelson 8y ago

Definitely. There are many friends and family members whose phone numbers I’ve lost track of I can easily contact via messenger. That’s amazingly useful.