Computer Science trivia
Name a social media platform or messaging app
“Name a social media platform or messaging app” is one of 42 computer science prompts in Icillion. Of its 99 accepted answers, 5 are the ones nearly everyone says first; the rest sink deeper the rarer they are.
The tip of the iceberg
These are the answers most people give first. They count, but they barely move you: 10 points each.
- TikTok
One step down
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Snapchat
- YouTube
- Telegram
- Discord
- Facebook Messenger
- Threads
- Tumblr
- Twitch
- Skype
- Viber
- Signal
- LINE
Answers by level
| Level | Accepted answers | Points |
|---|---|---|
| The Tip | 5 | 10 |
| Below the Surface | 16 | 25 |
| The Deep | 40 | 50 |
| The Abyss | 37 | 85 |
| Below the Iceberg | 1 | 100 |
The Deep holds 40 answers starting with A, B, C, D, F, G, H, I, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, S, T, V, W, Y and Z. The Abyss has 37 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 99 answers in total, 8 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “QQ”. Longest: “BlackBerry Messenger”.
- T, M and P are the most common first letters; together they start 26% of the answers.
- 8 answers can be typed more than one way: “VKontakte” counts as VK.
Tips for a rarer answer
- Start with T: 10 of the answers begin with it.
- Facebook, Instagram and TikTok are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Go down the stack: from apps to protocols to the hardware underneath.
Play computer science trivia nowSee all 99 answers A–Z
People also ask
- What do most people say for “Name a social media platform or messaging app”?
- The usual first answers are Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter and WhatsApp. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a social media platform or messaging app”?
- 99 in all: 5 on The Tip, 16 Below the Surface, 40 in The Deep, 37 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a social media platform or messaging app” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “QQ” and the longest is “BlackBerry Messenger”.
- How hard is “Name a social media platform or messaging app”?
- Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.
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How deep does your knowledge go?
Seven prompts a day, twenty seconds each. Obvious answers float on the tip of the iceberg; rare ones sink all the way to the trench.
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