1810: Chat Systems

2017-03-13T18:51:03Z

Wingman210: /* Chat systems mentioned */

{{comic
| number = 1810
| date = March 13, 2017
| title = Chat Systems
| image = chat_systems.png
| titletext = I'm one of the few Instagram users who connects solely through the Unix 'talk' gateway.
}}

==Explanation==
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In the world of social media, connecting to and communicating with friends, relatives, and other acquaintances can be extremely easy, but due to the large amount of networks and systems through which to communicate, and the selective nature of the people using them, it can be difficult to keep track of who uses which system(s), and thus, communication can be more complicated by social media as well.

The ubiquity of standards - here, of messaging systems - was already covered in [[927: Standards]].

===Chat systems mentioned===
{| class="wikitable"
!System
!Explanation
|-
| {{w|Skype}}
|
|-
|Email
|
|-
|SMS
|Small Message system, Texting
|-
|AIM
|
|-
|Slack
|A team instant messaging service
|-
|Hangouts
|Google Hangouts is Google's instant messaging system. It can be used to share data and for video chat.
|-
|ICQ
|
|-
|iMessage
|Apple's SMS service
|-
|IRC
|IRC is an old chat system that many people refuse to switch off of. See also [[1782: Team Chat]].
|-
|Snapchat
|
|-
|Signal
| An app used for encrypted communications.
|-
|FB Messenger
|Facebook's chat system.
|-
|Instagram DM
|
|-
|Zephyr
| {{w|Zephyr (protocol)}}
|-
|WhatsApp
|Billed as encrypted end-to-end chat, allows VoIP chats, text chats, video and image sharing. Caters for group chat as well.
|-
|WeChat
|
|-
|Telegram
|Either a cloud based instant messaging system, or a message sent by telegraph, usually electrical telegraph.
|-
|Apache Request Log
|
|-
|Twitter DM
| "Direct messages" between users on {{w|Twitter}}.
|-
|BBM
|Blackberry message. A chat system available on Blackberry phones, now largely obsolete.
|-
|Peach
|
|-
|UNIX 'talk'
|Old peer-to-peer chat system whereby users logged into the same UNIX system could privately communicate with each other in a full-screen interface. {{w|Talk_(software)}}
|-
|Wall (Unix)
|Short for "write all", the "wall" command copies its argument to every user logged into the same Unix system, and so can be used as a primitive chat system. {{w|Wall_(Unix)}}
|-
|Wall (bathroom)
|Apparently a chat system based around writing on the wall in the bathroom. Not an electronic system. Alternatively, this could mean the person is an extreme introvert, and hides in his bathroom instead of interacting with others.
|-
|The "chat" tab in an old Google Doc
|Google Docs is an online word processor reminiscent of Microsoft Word. One of the notable features is online collaborative editing, with a rudimentary chat feature for communication. Randall apparently communicates with someone using the chat in an old Google Doc.
|}

==Transcript==
{{incomplete transcript}}
:[an Euler diagram with a large number of circles for various chat systems, overlapping in complicated ways]
:I have a hard time keeping track of which contacts use which chat systems.

{{comic discussion}}

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1810: Chat Systems