Future Minds Fund is giving away its $500 Your Favorite Messaging App Scholarship opportunity to students in hopes to help with their educational dreams. What’s your favorite Messaging app and why? We want to see where our students communicate the most! Answer this question in the comments AND on the ScholarshipOwl platform for an opportunity to win!
My favorite messaging app is Instagram, I like how I am able to send direct messages to my friends and show them exactly what I see on my instagram feed. it allows me to feel more engaged with my friends and have something more to relate to. I can message them and I know they would receive the notification because of the way instagram is set up. I also like how I can send pictures on there as well, this has made it more helpful for me because I do not have to go onto a separate app if I want to send a photo or video to anybody. This makes me enjoy the app even more. It is all in the same place and the photos/videos deliver quickly, it even lets me know when it was sent. Messaging on instagram has always been my favorite app to interact!
My favorite messaging app is Snapchat! When people think of Snapchat, they usually think about filters and quickly deleted messages, but I feel like it is so much more than that! Everyone has a Snapchat account these days, which makes it simple to get in touch with someone! There are also distinct notification sounds that come from the app, so you are very aware when you receive a "snap." I also love that we each get our own saved album, that we can fill with our favorite memories. I use this more than I use my open photo gallery! With so many different features, Snapchat is an awesome way to connect with those you love near and far.
The best messaging app is snapchat! It keeps you connected to friends close by and across the globe. You can sent short or long clips to your friends letting them know what you are doing or to show them amazing places from around the world. Snapchat also has features like calling, video chatting, and of course messaging! Snapchat has all the perks of using cute filters and sending gifs and bitmojis to all your friends! Ai has also recently been added to help you with those hard messages that you need help writing!
My favorite messaging app is iMessage! iMessgae was designed to talk to others and now with new updates, I can just click my friends contact and call or Facetime them. I prefer calling or Facetiming to texting, but when I do text, iMessage is the easiest way. iMessage not only lets me see how many notifications I have, unlike Snapchat where you can confuse the notifications for snaps, iMessage has notifications for only messages. I love that I am able to keep the messages and videos I sent to my friends without worrying about them disappearing; the permanency allows me to keep the fond memories I've made and the funny conversations I've had.
My favorite messaging app is Marco Polo. I love being able to send video messages safely when I'm driving or even at work. The videos are easy to download to my phone if I want to. It has been very valuable for me because I live far away from my family and I get to connect with my little brother through videos. Just a couple weeks ago, I was watching the Northern Lights and got to include him in the experience a little bit. This app is also how I connected with classmates while I was doing online classes. We made a group chat and were able to connect in a much more personal way than traditional messaging apps and we could be flexible since we were all in different time zones! We could respond whenever it was convenient.
My favorite messaging app is GroupMe! Before I started using it, I was very hesitant to start. Every day I use it for my team. Without GroupMe I wouldn't be able to message my whole team because every other messaging app wont let us add everyone. My team is my safe place and we need communication to keep in touch about rowing/ important notices and just being able to all smile at the same message together. GroupMe makes it possible to not leave anyone out, and it holds close to my heart with all the memories I have with my team because of it. Hope to have many more as I look to continue my sport at college.
I would say imessage is my favorite app to message on. It takes up less storage than social platforms you can communicate on😂. Also, I honestly don’t socialize with many people. Social media is kind of overrated in my opinion, the social platform can open you up to people you could never meet a day in your life. Causing connections through a device- is just sad in my opinion. Instagram, tiktok, and snapchat open you up to other peoples’ lives, and I’m just trying to live mine. If you have my phone number it means you are apart of my inner circle within my daily life. People should leave social media alone and understand life for themselves, not through a screen based on people who could be living miles away.
My favorite messaging app is Facebook Messenger. Its extensive user base makes it easy to connect without needing to exchange phone numbers. Seamless integration with Facebook allows for sharing posts, photos, and links directly. Messenger’s cross-platform compatibility ensures you can stay connected on iOS, Android, or web browsers. It offers multimedia features like text, voice messages, photos, videos, and supports video and voice calls. Fun elements like stickers, emojis, and games enhance chats. Security features include end-to-end encryption for "Secret Conversations." Customization options and robust group chat capabilities add to its appeal, making Messenger a comprehensive and reliable app.
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1moMy favorite messaging app is Snapchat. I love this because it doesn’t save up in your phone and when you send a message or picture you could have it sent to disappear after being read . I also love it because when taking pictures on there it doesn’t save to my phone but iCloud and fill it up . Snapchat simply will save all you pictures and videos on the app. If you would want that . There’s not just text messaging on there, but there is voice chat where you can send voice messages back-and-forth. The AI future many don’t care for but I’m simply in love with it . It’s better then google!