We're kinda different...
Phrendly's chat is specialized to support a community that values each other's time. Remember: The person who sends the first chat message is the person who will pay for all chats going forward. But whoever initiates a phone or video call will be the one who pays for that individual call regardless of who pays for chats.
You've probably already noticed the "bubbles" indicator. That pops up when you earn or give a sip. The bubbles always appear on the side of the earner, and the earner is always the person who received the very first message--they were the person who was "asked out for a drink", after all.
But what causes a sip to be transferred?
It boils down to this simple rule: The initiator shares a sip for the first response received within 12 hours of their last message sent. This simple rule makes everything super fair. The initiator isn't charged if they never get a response, and the recipient can't "peck to death" his or her phrend by sending multiple messages one after the other. That won't happen because only the first response warrants a sip. This is waaay better than per message or per minute approaches. Trust us, we tried everything.
What else can chat do for me?
You've got a way with words, and that's why you're a chat champ. But, if you're looking for something more, we've got you covered. Phrendly's chat has a few tricks up its sleeve:
- Link previews. If you paste a link into chat, we'll send our electronic minions scurrying to bring back to you and your phrend a graphical preview for the link. We don't support all sites, but this little trick will make many links you paste a lot more interesting. For example, Youtube videos are playable directly within the chat (web only). No preview for your favorite site? _Let us know_
- Emoticons. The full range of human emotions individually expressed in a 16x16 pixel square!
- Photo attachments. Click the little camera icon. On a desktop, you can also drag and drop your pics. We support all the popular formats including .jpg, .gif and .png. Nothing uber huge, please!
- Delete messages. On the desktop or mobile website, just click/tap the message you want to delete and then hit the trash can icon to remove it.