I think Facebook (WhatsApp, same thing) is big everywhere. 我觉得 Facebook（还有 WhatsApp，其实都一样）在哪儿都挺火的。

I'm in the US and I have Telegram and Signal. I like having options, but I don't like Mark Zuckerberg having access to my messages/data. I did actually try WhatsApp before Facebook bought it, but ditched it at some point before then. 我住在美国，同时用 Telegram 和 Signal。我喜欢有多几种选择，但可不想让马克·扎克伯格随便拿我的聊天记录和数据。说实话，在 Facebook 收购 WhatsApp 之前，我确实试过 WhatsApp，但后来没多久就弃用了。

I never chatted with anyone during the brief time I had WhatsApp. I've chatted with a few contacts on Telegram. I've never had a chat on Signal. Because all of them use your phone number, I had contacts on all three. 我用 WhatsApp 那点短暂的时间里，根本没跟任何人聊过天。倒是用 Telegram 跟几个联系人聊过天。至于 Signal，我压根儿没用过。不过因为这三款应用都得用你的手机号，所以我三个平台上的联系人其实都是同一批人。

When everyone has a smartphone with enough space for all the messaging apps and everyone, in theory, could use any of them, what determines what people use? Habit? Only WhatsApp has a social network attached to it, but Facebook still has Facebook Messenger for direct communication and that's what presents on the site. (My wife has a Facebook. I do not. I also see coworkers using it at work, so I'm a little familiar with it and its interface.) For my part, I respond on the platform I'm contacted on. Text for text or Telegram for Telegram. Because why would I send a text in reply to a Telegram? That would be weird and awkward. Reply in line with the message sent so the person can see the context. Between the platforms I use, I do not have a big preference. 当每个人都拥有一部智能手机，而且存储空间足以容纳所有即时通讯应用，理论上每个人都可以随意选择使用任何一款应用时，究竟是什么决定了人们最终的选择呢？是习惯吗？诚然，只有 WhatsApp 附带了一个社交网络，但 Facebook 本身也推出了 Facebook Messenger，专门用于点对点的直接沟通，而且网站上展示的也正是这款应用。（我妻子有 Facebook 账号，而我没有。不过我也经常看到同事们在工作中用它，所以对它的界面还是略知一二的。）就我个人而言，我一向秉持“收到哪款应用的消息，就用哪款应用来回复”的原则：收到短信就回短信，收到 Telegram 消息就回 Telegram 消息。毕竟，如果我收到的是 Telegram 消息，却偏偏用短信来回复，那岂不是既怪异又别扭吗？还是顺着对方发来的消息平台来回复吧，这样对方才能一目了然地看清整个对话的上下文。而在我自己常用的这些平台上，我其实并没有特别偏爱哪一款。

Also, my wife and I use Telegram. It's easy, it's simple, and we both have it on both our computers (desktop and laptop). We have it on our phones and she has it on the iPad. I don't know that Signal, with its encryption stuff, has the same flexibility with desktops and tablets. Being safe from the prying eyes of tech bros isn't the only reason we use Telegram. It's also the easiest solution we have. 另外，我和妻子都用 Telegram。它用起来既方便又简单，我们俩的电脑（台式机和笔记本）上都有，手机上也有，她甚至还在 iPad 上装了。至于 Signal，虽然号称加密功能很强大，但我并不确定它在台式机和平板上的兼容性是否像 Telegram 一样灵活好用。当然，我们选择 Telegram 不仅仅是为了躲避那些科技大佬们的窥探——它更是我们目前能找到的最简便、最顺手的解决方案。

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