Which is your main IM network?

[PartisanEntity]

As the title says, a simple survey to see which are the popular IM networks.

[odiseo77]

Used to be Windows Live (now Skype), but my friends barely use it now, so I use mostly Facebook chat nowadays when I happen to chat.

[Old_Grey_Wolf]

Before I retired I used mostly IBM Sametime at work. Now that I am retired I use test messaging (SMS) on my phone.

[Cheesemill]

I only IM at work and we use Microsoft Lync for that.

[neruson]

Most of the people I know use Facebook Chat, but I closed my account there a couple years ago, so I don't use IM apps as much as I used to. I still use Skype when gaming with friends on Steam, and on my phone I usually use Hangouts since the Skype app seems to absolutely murder the battery life on my Nexus 4.

[LillyDragon]

Yeah, I keep hearing the Skype app on mobile devices is killer on battery life. O: I've been wondering how good Google Hangouts are, but most people I know probably don't have a Google account, so no use in checking that out. ;w;

Anyway, I'm using Skype 4.2, and Pidgin for Facebook chat, since all my friends are both on Skype and Facebook. They use Facebook for mobile chatting since the Skype app sucks.

Also, I did give Jitsi a try as an alternative to Pidgin, but it's absolutely hideous in the sense that it doesn't conform to my desktop theme, or is themeable; so yeah, mostly visual complaints there. I think I'll stick to Pidgin. XD

[lisati]

I started with either MSN/Windows Live or Yahoo Messenger (can't remember which, probably Yahoo, but I've used both), then Skype for a while about 6 years ago. These days it's mostly email, TXTs (SMS) or regular phone calls, with occasional chats via Facebook.

[MichaelFindlay]

My first networks were MSN, AIM and ICQ. I now tend to use Skype, Google Talk and Facebook chat on occasions these days. I go through phases of using IRC and sometimes use it religiously and at other points stop using it all together, although it is my preferred favorite.

[PartisanEntity]

Due to recent privacy and security concerns I have tried to move to Jabber (xmpp) in order to have some more transparency (using a self hosted xmpp server). But friends and family are reluctant to move from Skype.

[Skorzen]

IRC for GNU/Linux related talks. Skype for talking with work colleagues.