Do you need WhatsApp? Try these other apps to communicate
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Keep calm and remember: I don't run, I don't yell, I don't push
At the time of writing this note, the world has been disconnected from Mark Zuckerberg's social networks for approximately 5 hours. Around the planet, people are desperate for not having a place to upload photos of their food, a place to leave their thoughts, a place to fight with strangers and, above all, a place to send stickers.
Others, of course, need these means of communication for actions that are less transcendental for the human being, such as working. In any case, here are some instant message alternatives to communicate with co-workers, friends and/or relatives this time or the next time WhatsApp goes down (because it's going to happen).
Discord
This platform so loved by gamers became quite popular during 2020 as infections increased and the chances of getting together to play board games decreased. In addition to creating a small forum in which only the contacts you want can enter, they can communicate through written messages, images and emoticons, as well as start group voice or video calls, share image screens, documents and even music in real time (with the appropriate bot). In addition, it is not at all heavy for the cell phone and although the interface may be confusing at first, it is quite intuitive.
Telegram
Do you remember that Telegram exodus at the beginning of the year? When, due to an alleged data leak, it was understood that WhatsApp was spying on its users and for this reason many abandoned the app to go to Telegram? Well, now those who left laugh as much as those of us who defended WhatsApp laugh. More than once the advantages of Telegram over WA have been listed: More space for files, less weight in the app, faster to find contacts, better encryption and more privacy. It is an excellent Plan B for the work group.
Signal
Created by one of the co-founders of WhatsApp, Brian Acton, Signal was another of the platforms discovered by users in the face of the WhatsApp security scandal. The difference with its capitalist sister is that it was created with a code that has been kept open so that anyone can understand how it works. It has essentially all the functions of WhatsApp or at least those necessary to communicate properly.
Wire
If you're not a big fan of giving out your phone number like you do with WhatsApp, then you can try just giving out a username, just like using any gaming connection service. Sure, registration involves signing in with your phone number, but it's not what they use to connect with others. Through Wire you can share links to YouTube, Spotify, Vimeo or SoundCloud (quite indie) and your contacts can play them directly in the app, without having to leave Wire.
Well, your... Phone
You could go back 15 years in time and go back to the days when there were cell phones, but we still sent SMS to communicate. And if you go back 10 more years you could even (if you dare) try dialing the phone number of the person you wanted to communicate with: it wasn't the Internet service that went down, but the social networks. It's funny how we still use the phone to communicate, we just don't use it as much for what it was originally created for. But now is a good time to try it again. How vintage.
