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I'm going to seem like the ultimate luddite, but I hate instant messaging, and refuse to do it. I don't do text messaging on my cell phone either though. If I'm going to communicate with somebody in real time, why the fuck wouldn't I just call them?
I guess text messaging on the cell is more like e-mail, which I do tons of, but you have to type on a cell phone, which is just stupid and undoubtedly guaranteed to destroy your fingers from repetative motion.
IM bugs me, because it gives people the ability to interrupt you in what I consider one of the most private environs going. E-mail is great, because you can answer people as quickly as you feel like, and take the time to think out what you say. Even message boards are like that basically. But IM and IRC are just inane and invasive.
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