The Great Instant Messaging Disconnect of 2015
“Hey!”, came the shout from Tom, across the office, “Are you coming along to my river bash at the weekend?” “First I’ve heard of it”, I shouted back. “I sent you an invite on Facebook Messenger!”, he said, coming over to chat in a more civilised fashion. “Did you not get it?” “Nah, I uninstalled that a while back”, I replied. “I use GroupMe now.” “GroupWhat?” Tom came back at me. “Never heard of it!” “It’s really powerful, look what it can do…” “I’ve never heard of it either”, chipped in Diane from the neighbouring desk. “What do you use to keep in touch with everyone, then?” I asked, somewhat resignedly. “WhatsApp, of course, silly”, she said. “Though it doesn’t do any good with my teenagers, they only use Snapchat these days. And neither help me with Ian (her husband and better half), he’s dotty on BBM, which I can’t stand…” “So Tom, who else did you invite?” I said, inviting more trouble. “Well, I was going to invite Daniel, but I know he’s a bit of a geek only uses Goog