Is instant messaging dead?

Atown said:
see tabbed IM is dangerous imo, i always send the wrong message to the wrong people and would rather alt-tab
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That's when you send the next message:
"...is what some jerk said to me. Can you believe that guy?!?"
 
RyanB said:
Does anybody know a good way to get XFire going with a client like Trillian/Digsby/etc? As far as I can tell, digsby does not have one...and every time I try to connect to xfire on Trillian, it crashes.
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Pidgin has gFire...and Raptr has many different protocols such as AIM, Facebook chat, and xFire...
 
On Pidgin now, working great with XFire through a plugin, and I am on the CGA IRC server through that too. Very convenient.
 
Atown said:
have we lost our sense of wonder with technology and connecting with people that we retreat and withdraw?
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I think it has more to do with the societal tendency toward equilibrium.

In the early days of the Internet (initiation), it was so wide open and you could talk to so many different people that people eventually grew overwhelmed (oversaturation). People turned away from more public communication and self-publication methods (AIM, MySpace, etc.) to more private means (response/reversal).

In short: People are seeking a balance between a public "online" life and a private online life and the current trend is toward privacy. It will reach the next stage when Facebook inevitable becomes obsolete and irrelevant and is replaced by something even closer to the privacy end of the spectrum--like diaspora.
 
Tek7 said:
I run Trillian and stay connected to the four major instant messaging networks (AIM, ICQ, Yahoo, and MSN) most of the time I have my computer turned on. It seems that I spend far less time chatting than I did in years past. When I first established Tribe of Judah in 1999 and for a few years after, it seemed like I spent a good portion of my time just chatting with people.

In recent years, it seems fewer and fewer people use instant messaging to stay in touch. Social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook now offering their own spin on instant messaging. Programs like TeamSpeak, Ventrilo, and Skype offer real-time voice communication, minus the phone bill. Forums offer robust private messaging systems. And, of course, a few people still use e-mail.

Is there a place for instant messaging any more? Is instant messaging dead?

And if so, how does one stay on the bleeding edge of the digital age and stay in touch?
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not for me at least..:) I use trillian pro so i use icq, msn, aim, yahoo, aol, facebook, and twitter all in one interface. Traffic has shifted to more facebook and twitter but i still utilize the others.
 
Tek7 said:
I think it has more to do with the societal tendency toward equilibrium.

In the early days of the Internet (initiation), it was so wide open and you could talk to so many different people that people eventually grew overwhelmed (oversaturation). People turned away from more public communication and self-publication methods (AIM, MySpace, etc.) to more private means (response/reversal).

In short: People are seeking a balance between a public "online" life and a private online life and the current trend is toward privacy. It will reach the next stage when Facebook inevitable becomes obsolete and irrelevant and is replaced by something even closer to the privacy end of the spectrum--like diaspora.
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im pretty stoked for diaspora, its one of those things where im tired of the current system and wouldt mind something new to place with. found out about it a few weeks ago and pretty impressed by them
 
Used Pidgin, then Trillian Astra when it came out. Now just mainly Gtalk inside of Gmail because that is open all day.
 
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