I was just talking to my sister Yoly about IM and how wonderful it is. It's not a like an phone call. It's unique.
For example with IM you ever notice those long delays in either writing to someone or replying to someone?
You see your buddy's online, do you HAVE to talk to him? Nah you don't have to. How about when you are talking to buddy and you have to get up go the bathroom. Does your buddy feel uncomfortable because he hasn't gotten a reply from you? Nah I bet he doesn't. Especially if you told him "brb I gotta go to the bathroom".
Ever tried that on the phone? Now THAT should be on your To Do list. You just can't have the long delayed replies on the phone, because it just gets awkward.
Let's compare:
IM: Buddy comes Online
You have two choices: IM him or just ignore him for now and talk to him later.
Phone: Your buddy calls you.
Do you have two choice? Unless you have caller id, you gotta answer the phone even if you don't want to talk to him right now.
IM: You and your buddy are chatting online and he says something like "Ya so that's what happened man" to which you reply "cool".
10-15 minutes can go by and neither one of you cares that the other hasn't written back to you.
Phone: You and your buddy are talking on the phone and he says something like "Ya so that's what happened man" to which you reply "cool".
Can you have the 10-15 minute delay? No way! I bet you 30 seconds would go by and one of you feels you have to say something!
Ahhh the joys of IM. You just gotta love it!
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