Instant messaging survey Question Title * 1. How do you message friends? Texting (SMS, etc.) Facebook messenger Skype Discord MSN Email IRC Other (please specify) OK Question Title * 2. I care about a company selling my data. Strongly agree Agree Neither agree nor disagree Disagree Strongly disagree OK Question Title * 3. Would you trust other users of a service to host a server for you to talk in? Yes No OK Question Title * 4. Would you like to be able to host your own chat server on your computer? Yes, I want to host it on my own computer. No, I'd prefer for my chat server to be hosted on someone else's server. I have no intent to host a server, or have a server be hosted for me. OK Question Title * 5. Would you prefer to download an application, or use a website, for an instant messager? GUI application Web application OK Question Title * 6. Would you benefit from a simple API to help third-parties creating their own frontend applications for the instant messager? Yes No What's an API? OK Question Title * 7. Which of these features do you think you'd like? A peer-to-peer messaging architecture, with a central directory with a list of people who want to talk. Uploading files Emoji OK DONE