{"id":55494,"date":"2021-01-13T18:01:16","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T17:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zenkit.com\/?p=55494"},"modified":"2023-07-19T13:05:02","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T11:05:02","slug":"messenger-apps-genius-invention-or-productivity-curse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zenkit.com\/en\/blog\/messenger-apps-genius-invention-or-productivity-curse\/","title":{"rendered":"Messenger Apps: Genius Invention or Productivity Curse?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It\u2019s hard to believe there was a time before messenger apps. Considered an integral part of personal and business communication, working without the use of chat applications in the workplace seems an absurd, almost alien concept. <\/span><\/p>\n

Indeed, the innovation of instant messaging and the introduction of messenger apps has changed the game. The way in which we communicate with one another, whether for personal or professional use, is heavily influenced by real-time communication.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Chat allows us to communicate with anyone on anything in real time. This presents a bunch of benefits such as increasing the speed at which we get information, the efficiency and capacity of our work performance, and the opportunity and convenience of remote work.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But is this movement of working better, faster, stronger (with the use of messenger apps and other communication tools) actually making us more productive at work?<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Having been trained and conditioned to instant communication, we often find ourselves spending more time communicating over tasks rather than getting work done. Is it therefore possible that messenger apps, hailed as the genius invention to boost productivity through communication, could actually be producing a decline in productivity?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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What Are Messenger Apps?<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

The way in which we communicate relies on an interactive exchange of messages, verbal or nonverbal, that form a conversation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A <\/span>message<\/b> is a discrete unit of <\/span>communication<\/span> intended by the <\/span>source<\/span> for consumption by some recipient or group of recipients. A message may be delivered by various means (<\/span>Wiki<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A messaging app (also known as a chat app) is a private application or platform enabling communication, most of which is secured by end-to-end encryption between two or more people. Many chat apps have developed into broad platforms to include news, business, payment, and other various networking functions.<\/span><\/p>\n

Chat apps are preferred by most consumers and have become the standard by which users communicate, replacing short message service (SMS) and multimedia message service (MMS). In contrast to SMS, messenger apps operate via instant messaging (IM), which requires an internet connection to enable mobile phone users to communicate.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Use of Messenger Apps<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Communication apps are the most widely used mobile apps affecting the way people use their devices to communicate and how people communicate in the workplace.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The popularity of messenger apps supports our need for constant and instant communication between family and friends. New chat apps provide rich services offering all kinds of interactions with others and various chat apps initially specialized for distinct audiences and use cases have since developed into cross-sector platforms.<\/span><\/p>\n\r\n