posted on July 28, 2000 05:12:54 PM
Hi all-really feeling more old than I should this pm. Just had a lively chit chat with a relative on AOL Instant Messenger and I am spent! Maybe having only dealt with emails and boards like this--appreciate the occasional pause that ensues between thought and reply. It was a bit tricky keeping up on this Instant Messanger Board but the topper was when I received a phone call in the middle of the this fast paced bedlam!!! Not one to dilly dally, I said "Uncle" and it will be a cold day in hell when I participate in this organized chaos again. Of course, maybe I am missing something here---but Instant Messenger is grossly over rated! JMHO
posted on July 28, 2000 06:13:04 PM
LOL - same here! I was on Yahoo Messenger with a friend. Now, I type 120 words a minute -- pretty fast. But this was crazy! By the time I formulated the thought, typed it and looked at it for spelling - she was four or five thoughts ahead of me.
Then I realized something (and she's been doing the Messenger thing awhile): she types in all small letters, no caps, no punctuation, and keeps going, without stopping, hitting enter before finishing a sentence, spelling a non-issue.
Like a real conversation!
Once you start doing it that way, it becomes so much easier. Forget about thinking things over - just keep typing. It's not like it stays on a public bulletin board forever!!
*D*
Be careful what you wish for . . . it just might come true!!
When I first started using IM it was kind of fun, but being a very slow typist anyway, I dread getting an IM anymore. You can ignore a phone call that isn't urgent, but with an IM they know that you're there.
posted on July 28, 2000 06:29:15 PM
Hi Willby and Antiquary--thanks for your commiseration!! But Willby--believe or it not from my posts here--I can't help but look over what I have said and try to get all the typos corrected. Basically--saw no great advantage to Instant Messenger over good old reg email. Guess the mundane is always the mundane Sure--they can spice it up with PIP--big deal!
posted on July 28, 2000 06:39:11 PM
The only thing I don't like about instant messenger is that every single time I get on it all heck breaks lose around me. Between the phone, doorbell, kids and etc. I can't ever seem to stick with it long enough to have a conversation. As you can tell from my post I don't worry too much about typo's, etc.
posted on July 28, 2000 06:47:35 PM
Hi Mybidness-that is how I felt when the phone call came tonight. It was like trying to remain cognizant to the call-it was important --and I saw this innane chatter scrolling down fast as you please on my monitor--one after another. Believe me, this relative is very dear to me--but asking if I have gone to the BR, answered the door, made dinner, etc--was to put it in a word ---idiotic. We are both so much better than the prattle that we indulged in this pm. Like I said--AIM --Phooey!
edited to add--Phooney?
[ edited by jeanyu on Jul 28, 2000 06:48 PM ]
posted on July 28, 2000 09:05:50 PM
I have found one of the big drawbacks woith AIM is being able to hear the intonation behind comments...VERY easy to misunderstand a statement!!!!!
I assume full responsibility for my actions, except
the ones that are someone else's fault.
Sure--they can spice it up with PIP--big deal!