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kiwifidget

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#290752 2-Dec-2021 08:14

Hi.

Myself and a number of overseas friends currently use Facebook Messenger to communicate.

Lately some of us have expressed dissatisfaction with FBM and so we are looking for an alternative.

I checked out Whatsapp, Signal and Telegram but they all require you to have it installed on a phone as well, and 2 peeps dont have a smartphone.

Is there something else out there?

EDIT: usual chat features be nice, ie attaching photos, gifs, emojis etc.

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#2822890 2-Dec-2021 08:27

Skype perhaps?

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#2822895 2-Dec-2021 08:29

Not being smart - is email no good for you? Looks like it would meet your criteria.

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#2822901 2-Dec-2021 08:36

Private discord channel?

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#2822909 2-Dec-2021 08:42

freitasm:

Skype perhaps?

go old school, could be worth a shot!

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#2822910 2-Dec-2021 08:43

eracode:

Not being smart - is email no good for you? Looks like it would meet your criteria.

It's been discussed, but not a preferred option at this point.

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#2822912 2-Dec-2021 08:45

askelon:

Private discord channel?

another great suggestion, will look into that. Thank you.

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#2822991 2-Dec-2021 09:31

I would also recommend discord.

A couple of other suggestions:

Slack
MS Teams ?

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#2823003 2-Dec-2021 09:58

+1 for Discord. Free, easy to use and setup and handles what you've mentioned + more.

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#2823007 2-Dec-2021 10:12

Thanks everyone. Looks like Discord is well worth a trial.

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#2823068 2-Dec-2021 10:41

I thought there was a desktop/laptop version of Signal?

I'm pretty sure I've seen it on the Mac app store.

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#2823073 2-Dec-2021 10:46

alasta:

I thought there was a desktop/laptop version of Signal?

I'm pretty sure I've seen it on the Mac app store.

You still need a phone to register and then associated the desktop version with that.

Skype just works everywhere.

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#2823216 2-Dec-2021 13:11

try google meets, don't need an app for it and can use your web browser meet.google.com

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