Well, apparently, we are definitely behind the times!

I don't 'do' Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat or any media other than WhatsApp, and that only occasionally. My AC send texts/email and so do the GC.
If I wanted the world and it's wife to know every aspect of my life, I'd make a short film or write a book.

Email or text suits me so why mend that not broken or am I missing out on another and possibly awesome ?means of communication ?

Gabrielle it’s so wrong to think Facebook is open to all the world and his wife you make it as private as you want you choose who can see your posts if you only have ten friends and you only want them to see your business you make it such and no one outside those them will see what you post
If you use messenger the message goes only to the person you are messaging so it’s as private as you want it to be

Tweedle24 is right - email is not as safe as WhatsApp which is encrypted.

As someone who forms part of the 5% of the population in the UK with no reliable mobile signal I am infuriated to think that communicating via email for my business transactions may shortly no longer be a choice.

Disadvantaged or what??

My email accounts are only for things like Amazon, Goodreads, and the endless stuff from all the companies I have ever ordered from or done business with.

For family and friends it's WhatsApp and FB Messenger. With the exception of a group of friends I meet up with monthly - the person who 'runs' this isn't into social media of any kind, so she emails us all with details of the next meet up. I have to remember to look out for the emails, and I have been known to miss the day because I forget to check!

Get over it and do what you wish, it's all money at the end of the day. if that's all you have to moan about count yourself lucky!!!

Oh glory - more technology to get used to!!! Just when I'd got to grips with FB and Twitter - and my phone.

I give up - I'm stuck on hand written letters. Don't trust email for important things.

Yes WhatsApp is great

I'd never give my bank details via email - they could so easily get waylaid into the wrong hands.

I use WhatsApp & Messenger all the time - texts are impossible at our house as any company's mobile coverage is really poor. You may be lucky if you stand on tiptoe on the top rung if the garden gate....

I use e mails a lot, keeping connection with my friends in the UK, but my children and their Husbands and Wives usually use messenger,I find messenger too messy trying to find the keys on my phone, but dont mind using it on Facebook on my Computer, e mails I can say much more too.

There’s another App called Viber which works in a similar way to WhatsApp but is not owned by Facebook so I trust it more! www.viber.com/about/

We use it in our family for chats, photos and video calls.

Thank you. I've just uploaded WhatsApp to my PC, much better than fiddling with a tiny phone keypad. Dead easy to do.

Honestly Phoenix... E-mails....they have become like the post that drops through the letter-box...for junk mail only! I'm 68 and use Whatsapp all the time as you can 'talk' a message on it or text a messages , and send photos free. The talking thing is great....really ...you should download it and give it a try!

I do Facebook (with appropriate privacy settings) and WhatsApp, but can't get my head round Twitter. Why would the world at large want to hear about my every thought and/or deed? I just don't get it.

The big advantage with WhatsApp is that pic's can be exchanged safely and free.

My friends & DD use FB Messanger for most of our communications. I also use mobile phone & text a lot, rarely use landline except for DM who hasn't any modern technology (she is 89).

I do use email a lot but would never send Bank details as they are not regarded as being secure. I don't use WatsApp or Twitter.

I use FB to keep in touch with friends & family

Phoenix I can only imagine the look on our window cleaner’s face if we said what you did it’s cash in hand only for him.

BlueBelle
Thanks...but I already knew that.
FB gets hacked and they own WhatsApp too. Why do I need it? I don't.
I manage perfectly well with email and texts and can send photos with emails if I wanted to.
I'm au fait with all the stuff you can do and precautions you can take but I have no interest.
I do everything on my phone so I'm no slouch when it comes to technical stuff but thanks for letting me know.

I now feel at being such a dinosaur! Having said that, I communicate with most of my friends by email.

And for those that feel they would never disclose bank account details, take a look at you cheque book!

Ok, it's probably becoming increasingly rare that you actually write one, but the recipient has your sort code and account number right there on that piece of paper!

lemongrove as I have the misfortune to still be working, I'm usually not here when the windows are cleaned!

I've been firmly told that there's no point in emailing my GC because they don't look at their emails. So I'm on WhatsApp for family except for my dinosaur sisters who don't yet have smart phones.

Ooh, Phoenix, I wrote two cheques last month. The last one prior to that had been a year ago and to the same person. I also had to write a second cheque to a company that didn't seem to have any alternative facility for payment, unless I wanted to send a postal order.