Why isn't my iMessage working. It's only working with certain people

My iPhone 4 has been strange lately. It only sends iMessage to certain people. How do I fix it?

hmmm.. When you go to settings>Messages>send and recieve> are you signed in? Or does it say "Use your appleid for imessage" ? If so , does signing out and signing back in fix the issue?

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