Having grown up with IRC, AIM, ICQ, MSN, Jabber, etc etc. I can say this was and is _always_ the case.
I have a group of friends who refuse to use Signal (because of the phone number requirement) and for several years the only channel we could agree on was Steam chat.
I have a side of my family that I have warned that I will only see their messages once a month because they will only use Facebook Messenger. I keep my Facebook account for them.
I have a group of friends who refuse to use Signal (because of the phone number requirement) and for several years the only channel we could agree on was Steam chat.
I have a side of my family that I have warned that I will only see their messages once a month because they will only use Facebook Messenger. I keep my Facebook account for them.