Instant Messaging poll

Color me curious, I’m not trying to make a point here, just wanting to know how people operate:

~ by Skennedy on August 28, 2006.

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19 Responses to “Instant Messaging poll”

  1. I enjoy Instant Messaging when I’m online, but I am often invisible, or at least, invisible to certain people.

    flutterby68 said this on August 28, 2006 at 5:26 pm

    • I consider “invisible to certain people” to be different.

      Also, it’s unreliable because anyone can make a new IM. *s*

      atdt1991 said this on August 28, 2006 at 5:30 pm

  2. I sometimes specify my away messages, but usually I just go for the default. I don’t turn on messengers (I use Trillian so I’ve got several) unless I really am available to chat with folks. I hardly ever do invisible – I’ll only go invisible if I’m either really busy or in a bad mood but I really need to talk to a certain person and I can’t just phone the person.

    cjtremlett said this on August 28, 2006 at 5:32 pm

  3. I can’t really answer the poll (none of my answers fit). I have IM open during the work day, but as I’ve been stressed out, under a huge deadline, extremely busy, working on weekends, etc., I’ve been using different messages.

    IMs tend to drift, so unless it’s a conversation that I need to leave for a reason, I don’t tend to say bye.

    deridere said this on August 28, 2006 at 5:36 pm

    • That’s fair – whenever a poll is made without an “other” slot, you always have people who don’t fit.

      Technically, I’m a range of some things – for instance I like specific messages, but I often couple direct messages with, say, song lyrics and such.

      atdt1991 said this on August 28, 2006 at 5:39 pm

      • I used to use song lyrics as journal entry titles, right now my current IM message is used because I’m po’d that I worked from about 12 p.m. yesterday through um…..6:49 a.m. this morning…

        deridere said this on August 28, 2006 at 5:41 pm

  4. All of my votes were from back when I was able to spend a large amount of time online. Recent developments in life preclude this behavior. Not that I would be back to it in a heartbeat if I didn’t have to work :)

    prof_fuyutsuki said this on August 28, 2006 at 5:44 pm

  5. I always say good bye to certain people. But only a few, and they’re the people who get fussy if you don’t.

    perfect_autumn said this on August 28, 2006 at 5:55 pm

  6. IMing is different than texting because you can have actual conversations and say whatever you want however you want online. Texting is a short form message system only, with limits and cost involved. It’s useful for saying “hi” or planning activities, but you don’t have the freedom to be verbose.

    urban_exotic said this on August 28, 2006 at 6:33 pm

    • I use predictive text, and am usually texting other Verizon folks, so I can do it on an unlimited basis. There have been many times Ive exchanged 10 or so messages back and forth. Sometimes I cant be on IM, like when things get crazy at work, but I can still reach into my pocket to reply to a text.

      atdt1991 said this on August 28, 2006 at 6:52 pm

      • “predictive text”?

        urban_exotic said this on August 28, 2006 at 6:55 pm

        • Ahh, without predictive text, phone texting would be a HUGE burden! basically, 95% of the words you use are already in the phone’s dictionary – instead of hitting 4 twice, 8 twice, and 4 once to say “hug”, I just hit 484, and if it isn’t the right word (it often is) I hit “right” on the direction pad until the right word comes up.

          atdt1991 said this on August 28, 2006 at 7:14 pm

  7. I only use IM when I’m “ninja-ing” over on b.net… and only to communicate with other ninjas or to receive warnings about forum misbehaviour. I’m not comfortable with IM as a social exchange, because my typing speed is a lot faster than my tact speed…

    — Steve’s fairly certain he’s headed off some friendships at the pass thanks to incautious IMs in his misspent ‘net-youth.

    anton_p_nym said this on August 28, 2006 at 6:38 pm

  8. I use IM rarely, just when I know I’m available to chat.

    I used to be very fussy about IM but not so much anymore.

    jadesfire55 said this on August 28, 2006 at 6:47 pm

  9. I needed to be able to check several options for some of those first questions. Sometimes I’m specific and sometimes I’m obscure..

    raencloud said this on August 28, 2006 at 7:43 pm

  10. For me, leaving IM open is like leaving my phone on. There are some people whom I only really speak to through IM, and even though sometimes days go by without me actually speaking to someone via IM, oh well. And I’m a compulsive away message checker.

    Texting is different from IMing by the simple fact that it’s a pay-per basis for some people, it takes longer, and it way more inconvenient. (for instance, I can already be on my computer & easily switch over to IM, but if I’m already on my phone and someone texts, that’s an annoyance.)

    fakymcfakerson said this on August 28, 2006 at 10:39 pm

  11. holy poll batman! i haven’t seen so many responses to a poll ever!

    t0astbandit said this on August 29, 2006 at 4:11 am

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