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Buzz Out Loud Lounge: Do you still IM people?
Do you still IM people?
by robstak - 12/28/08 1:16 PMI'll just assume everyone uses Digsby 
, but...
Do you still IM?
Has Texting or Twitter replaced it?
If you still do, on what service?
just curious...
dr. karl
ps: i still use AOL on digsby, but now i have more and more friends on facebook im and gmail chat... i rarely use aol anymore, but that's where all my friends still are. and i defifitely im a lot less than i used to...
Yes, via multiple services.
by mementh - 12/28/08 1:44 PM In reply to: Do you still IM people? by robstakI count Twitter as a IM service since it can be used on the desktop as well as the phone.
I still have a AIM and MSN chat names (never got into the services but one or two people i know are on it)
I use Yahoo because I browse around the groups but I don't have many reasons to stay. (most are gone/inactive)
I used to use trillian but refuse to pay for a IM client so i Use Gaim (AKA Pidgin)
I still use MIRC for a game chatroom.
I Twitter ( http://twitter.com/Mementh ) all the time.
The one thing I find is that my social networks have moved based on my interests, right now its mainly chatting with friends from the Runescape Group I am in (only reason I keep Pidgin running now a days)
And the Runecape IRC chat room from tip.it.
Other then that its Cnet contacts on twitter and celebs like Leo that I follow. (Wonder if he will have a party while his wife is stuck in France)
Yeah,
by DaveBinM - 12/28/08 2:13 PM In reply to: Do you still IM people? by robstakI use MSN/WLM all the time to chat to my friends, and Google Chat too (in iChat). I used to text all the time, but cut back on that in favour of IM/phone calls.
Twitter isn't IM. IM isn't email. Email isn't a phone call
by minimalist - 12/28/08 8:20 PM In reply to: Do you still IM people? by robstakThey all have their place but Twitter is the least useful to me. Its just too public. And I just don't; have time to read other people's tweets all day. If someone needs to ask me a question I'd prefer they just ask me via SMS or email or even a phone call.
i just think IM = instant message
by mementh - 12/28/08 10:26 PM In reply to: Twitter isn't IM. IM isn't email. Email isn't a phone call by minimalisti just think IM = instant message and it did not matter how many people saw it.
Yes
by mcharge - 12/29/08 4:13 AM In reply to: Do you still IM people? by robstakI use IM all the time, in Australia MSN is by far the most popular client, i have barely any friends who are active on Yahoo, or Skype, and AIM is practically unheard of.
Mark the Australian.
ICQ
by stevent1992 - 1/1/09 4:16 PM In reply to: Yes by mchargeAnother popular one in Oz is ICQ, but I don't use that service. MSN is enough for my IM purposes. 
Yes, but with Skype
by DKhoji - 12/29/08 9:45 AM In reply to: Do you still IM people? by robstakSkype has become established as the IM of choice in my circle of friends -- we use it much more for IMing than for voice calls. I almost never use MSN or any of the other protocols because virtually nobody I know uses them. I also text quite a lot, but only when not at the computer.
interesting!
by robstak - 12/29/08 8:20 PM In reply to: Yes, but with Skype by DKhojinow if i could only convince my friends to use skype... or even video!
-dr. karl
Tee ex Tee Aye In Gee
by Balls_Maximus - 12/29/08 9:26 PM In reply to: Do you still IM people? by robstakTexting on the phone has totally replaced AIM. Every month or so I get on AIM to see what looser from college is still changing her away message. Then I log on to facebook update my status, then follow a celeb on twitter. Oh, wait, yeah, I'm a loser too.
(NT) lol im headin there myslef... and im ok with it lol
by robstak - 12/31/08 9:52 AM In reply to: Tee ex Tee Aye In Gee by Balls_MaximusYes
by Nicholas Buenk - 12/31/08 10:12 AM In reply to: Do you still IM people? by robstakI rely on IM, it is the main means by which I contact people.
A better question would be, do I still email people, now that I got IM, and twitter, facebook everything else.
No IM but Twitter and facebook yes
by mjbb81 - 1/1/09 2:33 PM In reply to: Do you still IM people? by robstakEven though I am in my 40s, I did get into AIM and sometimes Yahoo chat, but not any more. I now use facebook mostly. I keep trying to use twitter but it does not work for me. Maybe because not too many of my friends know what twitter is.
Eh
by surfpark - 1/2/09 1:55 AM In reply to: Do you still IM people? by robstakI don't think many people are using Digsby, Adium, or whatever all-in-one client is the flavor of the week. A lot of people are still stuck on one system simply because their friends are.
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