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by boplicity 798 days ago
> as a teen it would be a death sentence

No wonder teens these days have extremely high rates of anxiety & depression.
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eddd-ddde 798 days ago
Honestly it's weird how this is a thing in the US. In what I believe is most of the world, people just use WhatsApp, no sms, no iMessage.

Same is true for any demography as well. Maybe add some Instagram for the younger groups.

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Rinzler89 797 days ago
Younger groups mostly message on Snapchat not Instagram. Instagram is still mostly for pictures and "influencing".
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rezonant 797 days ago
It's almost like everyone who comes in to say "people all just use Whatsapp" are going from anecdotal evidence, while the reality is Whatsapp, Snapchat, Instagram, Telegram, iMessage, SMS and Tiktok all have a share of that messaging pie-- these people just live in message app bubbles.
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eddd-ddde 797 days ago
Well at least where I grew up Snapchat never really caught on. Instagram kinda held its place.
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