Does anyone here NOT use IM?

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2004-06-08 12:56am

Zaia wrote:I have IM but only special people know what my SN is.

I know. I must be special.

As I grew up, I found that IM became more a tool to set plans to do stuff as opposed to just chat. Unless it was with someone that moved away.

The Morrigan · Post by **The Morrigan** » 2004-06-08 01:05am

Can't be really be bothered with IM any more. Trying to spend more time outside & talking to real people.

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2004-06-08 01:51am

Use AIM and MSN heavily, use ICQ too but I haven't gotten it back up since my reformat about a week ago.

Post by **RogueIce** » 2004-06-08 02:49am

Zaia wrote:I have IM but only special people know what my SN is.

I do! I do!

"I Love RogueIce"

Whoops, sorry.

Phong: What exchange SDNet is on? Clarification please...

Bob the Gunslinger · Post by **Bob the Gunslinger** » 2004-06-08 03:44am

ALI_G wrote:Whilst I have many IM accounts, these are all many years old and I only ever go on my MSN account to see if a certain individual of my 20 or so contacts is online.

I used to find IM'ing fun and entertaining, but now, I can't be arsed for some reason. Maybe it's just I don't have anything interesting to say?

Anyway, many people here seem to have IM accounts. Do any people not use IM?

I don't IM at all.

More than 6 or so years ago I did the IM (back then we called it AIM, and it was brand spankin' new!) thing, but I mostly used ICQ. Does anyone still use it? Is it even around anymore? I have no idea. But I do remember that it was out first.

LordShaithis · Post by **LordShaithis** » 2004-06-08 04:04am

I use ICQ when I'm logged into Ultima Online, but that's about it. (It beats standing at the city bank, wondering if so-and-so is even on or not.)

2000AD · Post by **2000AD** » 2004-06-08 05:48am

I used to but stopped becuse i couldn't go online without a bunch of annoying people trying to talk to me. When i set it so that it would appear as if i was offline it meant i couldn't talk to people i wanted to talk to as if i did it would make me appear online therefor the idiots appeared.

Zac Naloen · Post by **Zac Naloen** » 2004-06-08 06:09am

I use MSN to talk to some of my closest friends, i don't like the phone, so its kind of a substitute. I either use IM or txt messages to talk to people remotely these days.

Robert Treder · Post by **Robert Treder** » 2004-06-08 06:52am

I used to use AIM and ICQ all the time, but now I don't bother, mostly because the only time I think to go on is around 4AM, and then nobody I want to talk to is awake. Lousy daytime people.

Vohu Manah · Post by **Vohu Manah** » 2004-06-08 07:16am

I'm down to occasional use (only to video chat with a friend in California and maybe catch my brother surfing the web at particular hours) of IM programs (specifically iChat). My best friend and his wife don't use an IM client at all.

Sarevok · Post by **Sarevok** » 2004-06-08 07:35am

I have a MSN account that I always use whenever I log on to the internet. Tried AIM but did not like it.

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2004-06-08 10:26am

The closest thing i have to an IM client is the digichat clients provided by White Wolf games to get my roleplaying fixes. Beyond that i almost never touch the things. just don't have any real use for 'em i suppose.

Bob the Gunslinger · Post by **Bob the Gunslinger** » 2004-06-08 03:42pm

Which is the one that makes a noise like a retarded muppet shouting "oh-oh!" when you get a message? I hate that one.

Ubiquitous · Post by **Ubiquitous** » 2004-06-08 04:00pm

Bob the Gunslinger wrote:Which is the one that makes a noise like a retarded muppet shouting "oh-oh!" when you get a message? I hate that one.

Yahoo, if memory serves.

VF5SS · Post by **VF5SS** » 2004-06-08 04:10pm

Actually, that's ICQ that makes that stupid "uh oh" sound. It is also one of the few IM with a typing noise for some strange reason.

Rye · Post by **Rye** » 2004-06-08 04:56pm

I have msn open when i go on the net, usually, and I just leave it open. If any real life friends need me, I talk to them via that, and a few odds and sods i've picked up on my internet adventures. I also have the yahoo chatroom atheist vs christians 1 open most the time too, since it's a bastard to get into and i know loads of the chatters from my internet use in the past.

I occasionally go on aim to see if anyone's in the sdnet chatroom, but they rarely are.

Jon · Post by **Jon** » 2004-06-08 05:54pm

All of my college buddies have MSN so thats how i communicate really, who needs a voice?

Come to think of it, about 50% of everyone else I know uses MSN too and since I have them all on my list there's always someone to talk to... then I have quite a few people i know from forums etc etc on my list... I wouldn't want to be without IM anyway.

and on an unrelated note, ALI_G - whereabouts in manchester are you at

IndustrialNoise · Post by **IndustrialNoise** » 2004-06-08 06:05pm

I've got AIM and MSN, and I usually have both open. I've got friends that only have msn, and friends that only have aim. My msn buddy list consists of only people from here or other boards though, since none of my friends irl know how much better than AIM it is.

Ubiquitous · Post by **Ubiquitous** » 2004-06-08 07:10pm

Jon wrote:All of my college buddies have MSN so thats how i communicate really, who needs a voice? Come to think of it, about 50% of everyone else I know uses MSN too and since I have them all on my list there's always someone to talk to... then I have quite a few people i know from forums etc etc on my list... I wouldn't want to be without IM anyway.

and on an unrelated note, ALI_G - whereabouts in manchester are you at

I live in Stalybridge, which is on the east side. I'm actually in Sheffield at Uni atm, but I have my last example tomorrow so I'll be back home.

And yourself?

admiral_danielsben · Post by **admiral_danielsben** » 2004-06-08 08:19pm

I haven't used IM since i left AOL for Comcast High-speed in May '03. I almost never used IM, except to talk to a few relatives.

Of course, that resulted in using Google Groups instead of AOL for the alt.tv.star-trek.* hierarchy, which resulted in me finding alt.startrek.vs.starwars, where i became a regular and ended up going here.

So, overall, a good thing.

Andrew J. · Post by **Andrew J.** » 2004-06-08 08:33pm

Hell no. I spend too much time on this one message board as it is. If I used IM I'd probably forget to eat and rink and then die.

Jon · Post by **Jon** » 2004-06-08 10:20pm

ALI_G wrote:
Jon wrote:All of my college buddies have MSN so thats how i communicate really, who needs a voice? Come to think of it, about 50% of everyone else I know uses MSN too and since I have them all on my list there's always someone to talk to... then I have quite a few people i know from forums etc etc on my list... I wouldn't want to be without IM anyway.

and on an unrelated note, ALI_G - whereabouts in manchester are you at
I live in Stalybridge, which is on the east side. I'm actually in Sheffield at Uni atm, but I have my last example tomorrow so I'll be back home.

And yourself?

I know Stalybridge, indeed...

I live in the wonderful town of Middleton... indeed

About 6 miles North of the city centre if you don't know it. Bah, I'm starting at Manchester Uni in september, I'm too boring to move away.

Post by **RogueIce** » 2004-06-09 12:03am

VF5SS wrote:Actually, that's ICQ that makes that stupid "uh oh" sound. It is also one of the few IM with a typing noise for some strange reason.

Ah, yes, that. I very quickly turned that off.

Typing noises are only good for pissing people off during an exceptionally wordy Powerpoint presentation.

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