How many messages do you send?

[BoldonLad]

My most "active" form of messaging is a WhatsApp group, where myself and five other OAPs arrange our educational walking tours (ie pub crawls). I am not a great contributor, I usually respond with a "just tell me date, time and venue", the other five then discuss the options for hours, and, message me with the outcome.

 

[HMS_Dave]

The fact that ive reached 2176 (at the time of typing) messages in 2 years on this site proves that there are people willing to read the dross i type. Sadly, outside the forum the jig is up. People caught on to my nonsense speak some time ago... It does have the benefit of making my phone bill remarkably cheap!

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I'd text you the answer but then I'd have to delete you.

 

[lazybloke]

Despite having a rather large phone, typing on it is like flailing at the glass with two badly-aimed sausages.
Which is why I'm typing this on a laptop with proper mechanical keyboard; which gives me a fighting chance of reasonably accuracy and speed (otherwise I'd take 15 minutes to arrive at Typo City).

Sure I'll send an occasional SMS or Whatsapp, especially for work, but I prefer doing proper emails from the laptop, or I'll use MS Teams. And here's something that works well; actually speaking to people.

 

[bagpuss]

None.

The only exception being the drivel I post on here.

That makes two of us .

 

[tyred]

I send very now. The only person that I had regular contact with died from cancer last month.

 

[fair weather cyclist]

It does.

I suppose a better description would be 'private messaging' if we want to compare directly with the huge numbers I see in court cases.

Not enough. We need to dig deeper than that. We need to define exactly what constitutes a "message"

For example, let's analyze this whatsapp conversation:

Husband (H): "yo, what's up?"
Wife (W): "nothing, just working"
W: "being bored"
W: "don't have much work on at the moment"
H: "OK, wanna come downstairs for a coffee?"
W: "Yes"
H: "OK, I'll put a pot up"
H: "Will shout when it's ready"

Are we counting this conversation as 8 messages?

Because that's how we, young people, message.

My parents' messages, instead, are basically digital letters, with separate paragraphs, various points/topics covered, and a series of questions...all in 1 message. That's how old people message.

 

[Archie_tect]

One last week, and one two or three weeks before that...

I don't sent messages or WhatsApp but my son sends group photos of our new grand-daughter ever once in a while.

Its not that I don't see people, I just prefer to speak to them, rather than send endless reams of text, but having said that I don't phone people either... can't remember when I last did. Our son and daughter ring Mrs A_T at least once a week so I get all the latest news then.

 

[Saluki]

Quite a lot but nothing in comparison to the 87, on average, emails, texts, WhatsApp’s that a friend of mine gets sent by her ex.

I send a few texts, few whatsapps, lots of work type emails but not sure if work emails count.

 

[purpan]

I communicate mainly with relays of semaphore messages sent from the tops of hills and high towers. It’s probably due to my age, I guess.

 

[gbb]

Maybe 2 texts a day on average to my wife or family, occasional ones to colleagues, occasional Whqtsapps to my manager, usefull if you need o include a photo of something

 

[carpiste]

I probably send one or two whatsapp messages a week, unless I`m in France and left MrsC in the UK. I never, ever make phone calls unless its for an appointment or to let my mum know me or MrsC are calling round.
I do send the odd message on cigarboxnation forum but, recently, this has been the only place I can be bothered posting and it`s been fun.

Yes really!

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I communicate mainly with relays of semaphore messages sent from the tops of hills and high towers. It’s probably due to my age, I guess.

You're like a beacon to us!

 

[cyberknight]

maybe a couple a week , then a few whats app messages to arrange and plan club rides for the weekend

 

[Drago]

I communicate mainly with relays of semaphore messages sent from the tops of hills and high towers. It’s probably due to my age, I guess.

none of that new fangled rubbish for me. Carrier pigeon or dispatch rider on horseback for me. It does make asking Mrs D what is for tea a bit long winded though.