Odd Question from Guy Wanting Laos Boy LINE ID

[Gaybutton]

LINE is so popular because it is free.  The app is free and it is free to use.  You can use it for voice calls, video calls, sending photos, sending videos, text messaging, sending clickable links, showing your current precise location, and several other options that I have never used because I don't know what the hell they do.  And with the text messages you can see if the recipient saw the message yet.

There are many other options, such as adding friends, requesting to be someone's friend, and more.

It also works internationally.  I have friends in Laos and we use LINE regularly to communicate with each other.  I even have a friend in Bangladesh and LINE works just fine there too.  I'm guessing it works in plenty of other countries - maybe the whole world for all I know.

Most of the time when I am on a voice call, the call quality is as good or even better than I get using a regular telephone connection.

It does have ads, but they are always at the very bottom of the screen and most of the time you probably wouldn't even notice their presence.  They also sell smilies and avatars if you want them.

You can use your LINE ID on two devices.  I use it on my smartphone and my desktop computer.  No third devices, though.  If you put your LINE ID on a third device, the app will cancel out your ID on one of the other two devices.  If you want LINE on a third device, you need a second LINE ID.

And the whole thing is absolutely free - my favorite price.  All you need is an internet connection.

I use it all the time.  It's one of those things that once you have it, you don't know how you ever lived without it.

[Guest]

On 6/28/2022 at 7:06 AM, TotallyOz said:

Line is the Asian WhatsApp and EVERYONE here has it.

Broadly true.  
In a part of Asia called China, WeChat is the WhatsApp.  Line is popular in various other Asian countries.  I think it's of Japanese origin.

In some respects Line is superior to WhatsApp, as there's no obvious link to your phone number.   Give a MB your Line ID and he doesn't have your phone number.  

Whereas, in some parts of Europe, MBs use WhatsApp and if you give them that, they have your phone number.   There are work arounds, but it's a lot of faffing around.

 

As for using it on two devices, last time I looked, you could use it one one Android device and a Windows device.    Two Android devices didn't work with one account.       I presume similar principles might apply with Apple.    

Communication frequently includes the "stickers".   A selection is shown below.  

 

 

[vinapu]

those stickers are taking me to early grave. I hate them. But since boys I mostly like very much use them I keep quiet and suffer in silence.

One with hearts farting chicken, third from the left on top is one I hate the most

[alvnv]

2 hours ago, vinapu said:

One with hearts farting chicken, third from the left on top is one I hate the most

Are you jealous that the other boyfriends are calling that chicken

[vinapu]

1 hour ago, alvnv said:

Are you jealous that the other boyfriends are calling that chicken

no, I , being old generation , just don't understand meaning of it 

[spoon]

4 hours ago, vinapu said:

those stickers are taking me to early grave. I hate them. But since boys I mostly like very much use them I keep quiet and suffer in silence.

One with hearts farting chicken, third from the left on top is one I hate the most

Stickers help bridge the language barrier hahahaha. 

[Gaybutton]

5 hours ago, spoon said:

Stickers help bridge the language barrier hahahaha. 

Do they?  Often I have no idea what the sticker is supposed to mean - and there are many more than the ones z909 posted.

Bottom right, just above the rabbit holding a baseball bat - a bear with something hanging out of his ear.  I don't have a clue.  And there are many more like that.

[spoon]

12 minutes ago, Gaybutton said:

a bear with something hanging out of his ear.  I don't have a clue.  And there are many more like that.

Its actually rock thrown to the bear, hitting his head lol how it was used im not sure as i dont recall anyone use it before. Most of the time, the boys use sticker to indicate love, miss, hugs etc lol

Sometimes they use the sad stickers when the money requests is impending lol

[Guest]

I typically see 4 types of them:

1   Anything with a heart, usually the rabbit or the farting chicken = I love your money

2  OKAY rabbit  

3  Begging Rabbit = Please off me again

4  Anything sad -when I have not agreed to meet the lad today.

 

Understanding that is easy enough. 

 

[TotallyOz]

6 hours ago, spoon said:

Stickers help bridge the language barrier hahahaha. 

I agree. I have thousands of them. Disney, sexy men, movies, etc. People love my stickers.

[Gaybutton]

33 minutes ago, spoon said:

Its actually rock thrown to the bear, hitting his head lol how it was used im not sure

I've never received that sticker.  I'm glad - because I still have no idea what it is supposed to mean.

That old saying, "One picture is worth 1000 words" - yes, if you can at least figure out what the picture is supposed to represent. 

With these stickers, all too often I'd rather have the 1000 words . . .

[macaroni21]

34 minutes ago, z909 said:

I typically see 4 types of them:

1   Anything with a heart, usually the rabbit or the farting chicken = I love your money

2  OKAY rabbit  

3  Begging Rabbit = Please off me again

4  Anything sad -when I have not agreed to meet the lad today.

 

Ha ha, you make it seem as if the stickers were designed for us and our specific interactions.... if only!  And judging by Gaybutton's reaction, the stickers only leave us more confused. If they were designed for us, the whole thing would be a major fail.

Apparently, the stickers are major revenue-generators for LINE. Users buy sets and sets of them. And the revenue graph at https://www.statista.com/statistics/1227434/most-popular-messenger-apps-worldwide-by-monthly-iap-revenue/ comparing LINE with other messaging apps, is stunning. Other sources of revenue, such as business advertising, contributed a lot too.  According to statista, LINE is the top revenue-grossing messaging app in 2021 even though it has big market share in only four countries: Indonesia, Japan, Taiwan, and Thailand.

In 2020, it had $1.5 billion in revenue (https://distinguished.io/blog/line-statistics-net-worth).

(What's even more surprising from the graph is the absence of WhatsApp. It's not there among the top ten.)

 

 

 

[flashbarryallen]

My best experience with the stickers was when I was explaining rimming to a guy. To show he understood, he somehow found a perfect sticker of, iirc, the rabbit with two hands in front of its face with its mouth open. That got a chuckle out of me. 

Edit: Turns out it's not the rabbit. I did some digging in messages and found it. This is about as perfect a sticker as could exist for explaining rimming in simple terms.

[vinapu]

3 hours ago, Gaybutton said:

 

 just above the rabbit holding a baseball bat -

Gee, I thought it was cat

[vinapu]

1 hour ago, macaroni21 said:

  According to statista, LINE is the top revenue-grossing messaging app in 2021 even though it has big market share in only four countries: Indonesia, Japan, Taiwan, and Thailand.

 

not surprising , 4 countries but more than 400 million people

[Guest]

1 hour ago, vinapu said:

Gee, I thought it was cat

Even Line seem to represent cats with short pointy ears. 

Although, I am making the assumption that the cat is the one on the left and the rabbit on the right.

 

 

[vinapu]

4 hours ago, z909 said:

Although, I am making the assumption that the cat is the one on the left and the rabbit on the right.

 

you are right, now I grasp the difference

anyways is real life I like them both roasted well done

[Travellerdave]

13 hours ago, flashbarryallen said:

My best experience with the stickers was when I was explaining rimming to a guy. To show he understood, he somehow found a perfect sticker of, iirc, the rabbit with two hands in front of its face with its mouth open. That got a chuckle out of me. 

Edit: Turns out it's not the rabbit. I did some digging in messages and found it. This is about as perfect a sticker as could exist for explaining rimming in simple terms.

Barry - that’s a really useful sticker. I’ve always found checking that boys will rim me and vice-versa especially over the telephone.  I will be using it soon.

[Guest]

On 6/27/2022 at 11:05 AM, z909 said:

Most of us know you give nothing you shouldn't to unknown people on the internet. 

That's all we need to know and then there is nothing to worry about.

The above statement is not accurate.

One well-known member here was stalked on IG by way of someone here getting enough information from this forum to identify him.  He had to delete his IG account and has stopped posting here for the most part.  
Another well-known member here had his posted information used w contacts in Santo Domingo to smear him - for whatever reason.  My understanding is this information was taken from public posts and used by trolls for their own nefarious purposes. 

and I’ve been contacted by many members via PM telling similar stories - that their public posts were somehow used to identify them (the member) or sex-workers for purposes of harassment.
Im not referring to trolls that may be fishing for information via private messages, although that happens too.

So, yes most people know not to give away information to unknown people on the internet - but these trolls are devious and determined.  There have been many many instances on this forum of users abusing the information that has been posted in good faith by other members.

That abusive use of information should stop - and when users appear that fit the pattern of trolls that abuse the information, then don’t be surprised when they get questioned.