Instant Messanging is a way to "talk" to people online, however if you think about it IM is not really like talking or real life at all. Here is a list o f ways that IM is different than talking:
When we talk people hear what we say as we are saying it. In IM people get to see what we says AFTER we say it. Imagine when you are talking you say something and then you have to decide to "send" the message to your contact before the messange is sent to the contact, and when they do recieve the messange they can listen to it at there own pace and listen to it over and over again if they wanted to...
In real life we dont have a list of family members, friends and other contacts that are around you. If you want to talk to someone you have to go look if they are there or not. Also, in real life you can't see someone who is away or out to lunch or who is gonna be right back. Also you cant still talk to someone even if thet are busy.
2006-08-11
04:28:28
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