a gathering of angels appeared above my head

[pooka_madness]

Maybe I'm just an internet fogey, but it seems to me that, as a means of communication, Instant Messaging seems to be dying off. It certainly is in my social circle. I have something like 100 AIM buddies. Fewer than half of these regularly sign in and spend any amount of time online. And of those, I only actually communicate with a handful. The

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[locke61dv]

Here's another plus: the LJbot ("Frank") let's you post new entries via IM.

ZOMG!!1

[pooka_madness]

LiveJournal: we do everything. (Srsly.)

[lassarina]

I keep eyeing LJ Talk and thinking I'll bother eventually.

p.s. I do not have your gmail?

[pooka_madness]

firstname dot lastname at gmail dot com

[lassarina]

excellent. the one i standardly use is lassarina dot aoibhell.

[devringalbrath]

Some of my high-school students use AIM, but most use chat features on MySpace or Facebook. At least thats what I hear.

[sleetfall]

IM is for old farts like us. Today kids barely even send email - most communication is done on social networks like Facebook.