does any one use those types of programes or do most people use the phone? Anyways i use aim.

Depends on how quickly I need to talk to someone.

I prefer aim for some weird reaon now. I guess telling someone over aim then on the phone is easier...lol I dunno.

My mom and I thought about joining an IM service, but they wanted too much personal info from us and wanted to put too many cookies in our computers for comfort. <_< We're perfectly happy using e-mail or the phone.

Who cares about giving the IM people them the *correct* information? :P I use MSN usually, although a few friends are trying to get me converted to Trillian (it combines AIM, IRC, MSN, ICQ, etc). But usually, I'm on IRC channels, so all i really have to give away is my email address. And I rarely check email. /me eyes his 400 new messages... x_x

sometimes IMs suck coz nobody is on XD , but i use msn to chat to my friends, get info, stuff like that...

(why would you want to know this?) :mellow:

heh, i'm an msn junkie. i tried to use skype and aim, but i couldn't. i need my messenger plus plugins

Hmmm yeah, i suppose i have aim and yahoo instant messenger

i uses msn... i abselutely despise my phone. *loads bazooka* *nukes phone*

i prefer instant message systems over phones. silence is more awkward over the phone than online. i use aim and msn. and rarely yahoo.

Yahoo is the best messenger of all really. MSN is unstable and doesn't deliver half of what you type and AIM is just the worst thing after ICQ.

I prefer talking over the phone, it's more personal and you can often hear better by the voice whether a person is joking or not.

I use both AIM and MSN, and about equally as well. I rarely have problems with AIM, but I do seem to have more problems with MSN.

I use MSN simply because all I know use it :/

usually yahoo sometimes aim

I use MSN, and only MSN. I don't talk on the phone at all anymore, as I'm finding it difficult to speak to people on the phone. *shrug*

Ýou do realise that if you're so used to instant messengers that you can't talk to someone on the phone properly that something's wrong and that in fact you're kind of sad?

I use aim mostly. Sometimes msn, but not often.

I use MSN messenger and AOL messenger, but I think they're quite sufficient and so don't use Yahoo Messenger. They're really good because they're free and you can talk within group conversations.

I use yahoo and i use the phone for people who dont have it.

MSN is the only thing that suits me and works for me. I never had problems before with it.

I use AIM and MSN sparsely... I'm with Angelic on this one; you really can't have serious conversations on IM. It's fine for playing around though. I use Jabber at work and IRC to keep in touch with my friends in colorado.

That is very untrue. If anything, you can have even more serious conversations on AIM or MSN. Some of the most serious conversations I have ever had have been on AIM or MSN. With a chat program, you have time to think out what you wish to say, and form the message just how you want. You can take the time to articulate the most understandable message your able to.

On the phone, everything is instant. You cant take your time to think of a good response, you say it right away. Of course, since one can speak faster then he can type, you can discuss things more quickly, but I still prefir a messanger over phone anytime, simply because I am given time to form the best answer I can think of. I can edit and re-edit, delete, and correct over and over till I am satisfied. On the phone, if you say something you didnt mean to, you cant take it back.

Note this doesnt mean I am unable to talk on the phone, or that I dont enjoy conversations on the phone, just that I dont prefir the phone.

i have my best conversaitions on MSN, because the phone calls are usually full of silence and cost heaps

Oh, I forgot to mention, if you need to use the restroom or something, you can just type in a quick "brb, restroom", while on the phone, you typically need to end the conversation and say good bye. Well, unless you use the restroom while on the phone, and I would hope that most of you dont do that.

Everytime you call someone, it costs you money. Everytime you message someone, it is free. You can do it as many times as you want, for as long as you want. I mean to say that Internet isnt free, but using MSN or AIM under the Internet does not build up charges.

I use a bit of MSN, bit of YIM(less often) and AIM(MUCH less often...) so... yah...

Ýou do realise that if you're so used to instant messengers that you can't talk to someone on the phone properly that something's wrong and that in fact you're kind of sad?

Angelic, I think you owe Chi-Chi an apology. She doesn't dare speak up against you, so I'm intervening on her behalf. And it's just that we found your comment to be slightly offensive, even if it wasn't meant to be. There was no need for you to be so straight-forward about her problem, especially when she hasn't done anything wrong and broken any rules, and especially when you don't know everything about her life and situation.

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For me to stay on topic: I use msn and aim. I have lots of cousins in the states, otherwise I would just stick to msn.

Angelic, I think you owe Chi-Chi an apology. She doesn't dare speak up against you, so I'm intervening on her behalf. And it's just that we found your comment to be slightly offensive, even if it wasn't meant to be. There was no need for you to be so straight-forward about her problem, especially when she hasn't done anything wrong and broken any rules, and especially when you don't know everything about her life and situation.

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For me to stay on topic: I use msn and aim. I have lots of cousins in the states, otherwise I would just stick to msn.

Thank-you Al-chan. ^_^ *hug*

Angelic, I think you owe Chi-Chi an apology. She doesn't dare speak up against you, so I'm intervening on her behalf. And it's just that we found your comment to be slightly offensive, even if it wasn't meant to be. There was no need for you to be so straight-forward about her problem, especially when she hasn't done anything wrong and broken any rules, and especially when you don't know everything about her life and situation.

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For me to stay on topic: I use msn and aim. I have lots of cousins in the states, otherwise I would just stick to msn.

If she has a problem with it she can contact me over PM about it. You're the last person on this forum who I'll listen to when being asked for an apology.

I prefer MSN to phone. Mainly 'cause I have speech problems and people laugh at me when I mispronounce things x_x

I prefer MSN to phone. Mainly 'cause I have speech problems and people laugh at me when I mispronounce things x_x

I prefer it too, but not for that.. I like MSN better because I'm a lot less confident for some reason, in speaking to people....... o_o

Yeah - not to mention that when you're on MSN you have a bit more time to think about what you're saying, which makes it a lot easier to converse without making yourself look like a complete prat. Happens to me from time to time but much less often than it does when I'm talking to people in real life. I hate that - I'll say something and people will give me an odd look or go all quiet and I'll feel really embarrassed. At least on MSN I don't have to worry about that so much :\

Yeah - not to mention that when you're on MSN you have a bit more time to think about what you're saying, which makes it a lot easier to converse without making yourself look like a complete prat. Happens to me from time to time but much less often than it does when I'm talking to people in real life. I hate that - I'll say something and people will give me an odd look or go all quiet and I'll feel really embarrassed. At least on MSN I don't have to worry about that so much :\

Yes, that's part of the reason I prefer MSN, it is awful when people suddenly stop speaking and raise their eyebrows at you. -_-

Indeed. So therefore it's not a matter of being so used to IM that one is incapable of conversing on the phone - it's more a matter of never being comfortable on the phone or in company in the first place and IMing opening up easier avenues of communication. Doesn't mean you stop using the phone, or chatting to a group of friends down at the cinema, it just helps improve your confidence a bit and reduces the number of opportunities you get to make an idiot of yourself ;)

I have problems like that too...

Im a very fast speaker, and people will rarely understan me, but on the internet, you cant tell if im a faster talker or a slow one :P

Also, in MSN and things like that, you can spell things wrong, and people wont care unless its so bad no one can read it. In real life, people will be life people will pause and
poke at the one letter you forgot to say.

I use YIM to talk with my friends one of which is apart of this place Kariekh ^_^

A few years ago, I had a problem with people not being able to find people who could type as fast as I could (In places such as Yahoo Chat, etc). But now i am finding that is less of a problem when I talk to people using on IRC. Those who use IRC tend to use the computer far more often than public opinion dictates. And friends made from there usually make it to my MSN buddy list.

Yeah - not to mention that when you're on MSN you have a bit more time to think about what you're saying, which makes it a lot easier to converse without making yourself look like a complete prat. Happens to me from time to time but much less often than it does when I'm talking to people in real life. I hate that - I'll say something and people will give me an odd look or go all quiet and I'll feel really embarrassed. At least on MSN I don't have to worry about that so much :\

Yeah, that happens to me sometimes too.. helps when you can think things out before "saying" them. I still prefer phone or facetime when I'm having a conversation with someone I really care about though.

I use both phone and IMs.

IMs: AIM and Yahoo

AIM all the freaking time.
MSN rarely.

Skype if I could ever get at least someone ELSE to talk to.

Phone above all the rest.

I must agree with my wifey on this one
(besides skype)
but umm........chya I'm not too exciting to talk to on the telephone....unless da other person talks A LOT then I talk a lot back (ain't that right wifey??*winks*)
umm anywho...I basically live on MSN and AIM but not yahoo.....cuz I'm weird I guess plus it's fun just to add random people =0 cuz I'm lame

hooray for da lamos! we are slowly taking over the world!

I don't have a mobile XD when i wanna call some1 I just use the phone.. And if I'm on the computer I use msn =)..

I've gone from AIM to YIM to AIM to Googletalk to AIM to mIRC to AIM to mIRC. I've come to rest on IRC for a while, but I don't use it too often.

I use my mobile far too much. I rack up £100+ phone bills every month, and I got a contract too. £30, 1000 mins x net calls and 300 texts. Thank god for student loans B)

I rarely come on MSN messenger anymore. I'm probably not very interesting on it.

Edit: No wait, it's actually 500 x net and 150 texts. Bloody 6 month arrangement..

I use MSN

I use AIM, I hate talking on the phone.

If anyone wants to IM me my username is ZikiruR

I use msn, Ive met alot of great people over IM (septermagick for example), I like messenger alot, cause Im not so clumsy when I talk over it.Altho I really enjoy putting on the camera (its nice to see that persons reaction)

I never really like talking over the phone cause I suck at it, I dont know what to say and make alot of ummmmmmm sounds.

BTW Siul1313@yahoo.com is my msn username (incase anyone cares)

i have yahoo and msn but i dont use msn cuz it sux relly bad and no one has it anyone wanna give me a sn ????? if so private message me

well aim mine is : snowager1234556 and my msn is : block07024@hotmail.com

lol yahoo sux! msn is ok, I use it because all my friends are on it. If you want to chat..: inuyashafanboy@hotmail.com