“social messaging” or “chat applications”) are apps and platforms that enable instant messaging.
Some examples of popular messaging apps include WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, China’s WeChat and QQ Messenger, Telegram, Viber, Line, and Snapchat. Certain apps have emphasis on certain uses – for example Skype focuses on video calling, Slack focuses on messaging and file sharing for work teams, and Snapchat focuses on image messages.Some social networking services offer messaging services as a component of their overall platform, such as Facebook’s Facebook Messenger, while others have a direct messaging function as an additional adjunct component of their social networking platforms, like Instagram, Reddit, Tumblr and Twitter, either directly or through chat rooms.
