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		indymike on Oct 4, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Facebook is back up It's surprising how little impact FB being down had on myself, my family and my business.

maleldil on Oct 5, 2021 [–]

What do you use for messaging? In my country everyone uses WhatsApp for everything, so that's why I noticed it.

indymike on Oct 5, 2021 | [–]

Not necessarily in this order:

* Telegram for personal

* Signal

* IRC

* SMS (it's basically free where I live)

* Slack for biz

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