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November 16, 2022

#2699: Feature Comparison explain

Feature Comparison

[A table with checkmarks to indicate which features various messaging services have. Each column is labeled with a service name and its logo beneath, except that for the last column, the device’s longer name is written higher than all the other services’ names, with an arrow pointing to a drawing of the device below it.]

{| class=“wikitable”

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!

! Twitter

! Discord

! Mastodon

! FB

! Slack

! Signal

! IRC

! Tumblr

! Reddit

! SMS

! Cybiko® wirelesshandheld computerfor teens (2000)

|-

! Direct messages

| ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || ✓

|-

! Group chats

| ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || || ✓ || || ✓

|-

! File transfer

| || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || || || || ✓

|-

! Built-in games

| || ✓ || || ✓ || || || || || || || ✓

|-

! User-run instances

| || ✓ || ✓ || || ✓ || || ✓ || || ✓ || || ✓

|-

! Doesn’t require central server

| || || ✓ || || || || ✓ || || || || ✓

|-

! Mesh networking

| || || || || || || || || || || ✓

|-

! Wireless message delivery works without internet

| || || || || || || || || || ✓ || ✓

|-

|}