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[kantol]

Does anyone IM anymore? AIM, Yahoo, whatever? Or has most of it moved onto the cell phones? (in the US, I mean; it was already there long ago in Japan, etc; and besides, IMing is more realtime than texting/emailing on the phone) Seriously, the only time I ever do real-time "computer-mediated communication" (as the ivory tower folk call it) is on

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[mullenkamp]

I kind of hate AIM, but will log on occasionally if someone needs to talk about something and they aren't going to be on a MUSH or IRC, which seem to be more stable than AIM.

Texting is a pain in the butt, and I hate doing it unless there's a good reason, for instance being on the road and not having access to a computer. Not to mention it costs money.

[graymalkn]

I use IM a lot more than cell phones.

[iori]

I still IM, but in my case it may be more to do with the fact that I've avoided mobile phones all this time. It wasn't too long ago however, that I was reading about how IM became the new e-mail years back and since then texting has become the new IM. I say it has to do with the technology available to the age groups in question-- people our age only have so much time to spare.

[anonymous]

I still use IM very regularly, and use texting somewhat rarely. I'd imagine the reverse is true for those in high school now, though. -Klinton

[tomax]

I use it pretty frequently, myself.