Hi everyone! Sorry for the lateness, I went and had a morning out with family.

 

Other than face to face interaction, what's your primary mode of communication?

A lot of younger people now will probably say texting or Facebook (and with other people my age, it is) but I Skype with family and some of my friends. Last night I was coerced into redownloading WeChat so my family can leave voice messages for me and avoid wasting the time with an unsuccessful Skype call.

I've been receiving messages on it from my mom and aunt nonstop since I got it last night while they told me again and again I should download it. It works well since they can't type Cantonese and I can't read Cantonese, and my mom doesn't read a lot of English (especially colloquial conversation) and neither of my parents type well or fast enough for it to be an efficient mode of communication.

I only call people for business-related things (work, appointments), and now that I think about it, I seldom even email anymore.

Email mostly (preferred), then land line phone. I use my cell rarely, mostly for reaching family or a few friends when I'm out of the house.

IM and email a lot, both for professional collaborative work and social hangouts. 

 I've been receiving messages on it from my mom and aunt nonstop since I got it last night while they told me again and again I should download it. 

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Same here. I think my phone has every single communication app widely used in Asia. Dad's iPad can only use LINE, so we have LINE. Mom prefers WeChat for video, so we have that too. My sister and I like WhatsApp over everything else, so we also have that. 

Work: Email, Instant Message between offices, and Texting.

Personal:  Texting, Calling for my parents who still use a landline.

I did google talk with my 90 year old father and my daughter away at college.  He was amazed.  He just could not understand how she is 70 miles away and he could see and talk to her through a tablet.  He did not understand how that technology worked at all. He kept waiting for her to walk around the corner like she was on a security camera in the next room.

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I did google talk with my 90 year old father and my daughter away at college.  He was amazed.  He just could not understand how she is 70 miles away and he could see and talk to her through a tablet.  He did not understand how that technology worked at all. He kept waiting for her to walk around the corner like she was on a security camera in the next room.

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Haha, that's so sweet! It is pretty mindblowing when people aren't familiar with it. My maternal grandma (70) Skypes with me too, but my paternal grandma (87) is a bit lower tech but she's adapting pretty well - I think she gets the concept of the stuff we can do long distance now, but reassures us that getting her a tablet or a computer would be a waste (and she goes out a lot and keeps her cell on her, so it probably would be).

eMail. instant message, texting.  I'm not interested in facebook, or twitter. They're just time wasters.

just email and landline phone.

i've had a cell phone, had one for years. but i really prefer not to be pretty much available at all times, so changed to landline phone service. if i'm out working on the lawn or in my gardens, i don't even want to hear a cell phone (of mine) ringing.

i really, really don't care for texting. i just find it very annoying.

Work: Email and IM

Home: Texting and email. 90% texting though

Skype.

I teach online and sometimes spend about 8 hours a day talking to students on skype. It's weird to think that I'l often go a couple of days without a single face-to-face conversation with anyone except Mr Husband.

Facebook. Most of my cousins are spread throughout the world (Chile, South Africa, Dubai, Finland etc) and also many of my good friends (Across Canada, U.S, Korea etc). FB has been the best way to keep in tabs, news and touch/connected with everyone. Comfortably too!

And great for friends and family that are closer by.

Altogether, can almost never feel lonely either.


Second place would be email.


Don't have twitter or a landline.

Email and FB messaging. My family and friends in the US tend to use the latter.

Facebook.

Texting and of course TCS!!!!

Texting and email mostly. A few phone calls here and there, but mostly texting, I'd say.

Texting. Emailing and WhatsApp. Not interested in Facebook.

I like to talk on the phone...

I'd have to say Facebook or e-mail. Hate texting. I feel like a fossil using it. My fingers keep hitting the wrong keys..  or is it..  Lol.

People laugh at me because I type on my phone with my right middle finger instead of my thumbs. It's more accurate for me. My 64 year old professor types the same way. But hey, I still type/text faster than most people even if it's the "wrong" way.

I type the same way as you pinkdagger

I always prefer telephone for business especially. Email is alright, but not for personal stuff.