Yeah I’m gonna pipe my opinion here too. If I said “so and so signaled me” that would be very weird in any context. Facebook Messengered me? iMessaged me? Smsed me? Snapchatted me? I mean fuck twitter people said “dmed” me not twittered me
I wonder if France had cheaper SMS rates in the early 2000s because that was the big driver of WhatsApp. I have to admit though in my experience I don’t think I know of any situation where someone from France has ever used anything other than WhatsApp. I would hate it if they texted me because then it wouldn’t auto translate.
Standard mobile plans in France have included unlimited SMS since the mid 2000s I’d say. People still use it, but WhatsApp/Messenger are pretty popular too.
Odd hill to die on but I’m kinda for it.
Yeah I’m gonna pipe my opinion here too. If I said “so and so signaled me” that would be very weird in any context. Facebook Messengered me? iMessaged me? Smsed me? Snapchatted me? I mean fuck twitter people said “dmed” me not twittered me
If you told someone in Europe you were going to txt them they would think you were weird
“What you don’t have whatsapp? It’s literally free”
Europeans don’t text, they use messenger apps, mostly WhatsApp
It really depends on the country. SMS is still commonly used in France for instance.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1005178/share-population-using-whatsapp-europe/
I wonder if France had cheaper SMS rates in the early 2000s because that was the big driver of WhatsApp. I have to admit though in my experience I don’t think I know of any situation where someone from France has ever used anything other than WhatsApp. I would hate it if they texted me because then it wouldn’t auto translate.
Standard mobile plans in France have included unlimited SMS since the mid 2000s I’d say. People still use it, but WhatsApp/Messenger are pretty popular too.
French people actually use MMS, which I never thought anyone would.
In my country SMS is free
That’s texting and anyone who says it isn’t is a fucking idiot, unless they’re only communicating via emoji or some wild shit
There’s a lot of people who have never been to, and never even tried to learn what things are like in Europe
And it shows
I would be embarrased dying on a hill i was ignorant of
Says the person claiming sending a text-based message isn’t texting
There’s a lot of people who have never been to, and never even tried to learn what things are like in Europe
And it shows
I would be embarrased dying on a hill i was ignorant of
Repeating yourself just shows how much of a moron you are jfc
True but only if you really specify “SMS”, because if you just say “I’ll text you” they’ll just assume that means WhatsApp/messenger.
This is a very American mindset though because people absolutely do say “I’m going to whatsapp you”.
Why would that be a hill to die on? It was just a response. No one was insisting on anything.