[LINK] Study of non-users of Internet - I hate IRC etc.

[Brenda Aynsley]

dazza at zip.com.au wrote:

> Horses for courses, I guess. IRC is way cheaper than conference calls. :-)
> But then again, I was brought up on BBS's, and multi line chat operations
> via BBS dialups when I was a kid, so the IRC environment not so different
> from my "formulative years". :-)
> 
> The so-called "Instant messengers", however, I dispise. I've never used
> one, and unless my situation changes signifigantly, I never will.


you cant stop there dazza.  Why?  I find them a tool of choice for supporting my 
clients. I am always on yahoo IM and often on AIM which is the one i started 
with as a Netscape user.  I teach people to use AIM in my introductory Internet 
courses.  Its easy and straightforward.

One of the best things after price dingo blue offered was the face time chat - 
an IM of sorts and inspite of its american spelling.  You had a record of the 
conversation to keep and didnt often sit inline being told "how important your 
call is to us"

Yahoo is probably my tool of choice now because of its ease of use with both 
voice and camera.  Of course I'm on a 512/128 adsl connection so can support 
them better.

I know the privacy policy of some of them was pretty awful but i thought that 
had been moved into the 'acceptable range' now?

Cant wait to hear why I should cease and desist from IM tools.

....

;-)

cheers
brenda

I'd be interested to know why the passionate refusal to use them.
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