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Personally, its not for me. I installed it years ago (the one that worked with netscape) on my PC and never used it. I had buddies that were on it but its just not my medium.
I was a consultant at AOL back in '97 and obviously everyone there used it. While I didn't care for it at home, I loved it at work. It saved me so much time and it completely eliminated "phone tag." IM the question and simply wait for the answer. Conversely, IM gave me the option of responding immediately or waiting till I was ready to deal with whatever the issue or question was about. I liked that I could use it as a "chat room" for a quick 'back and forth' with someone or as an alternative to the telephone. I much preferred getting IMd than getting called if someone was asking me for something. It was like sticky notes between colleagues - I wish I had it where I work now.
But personally, I like email and the phone better for keeping in touch with my buddies.
I still think IM was a stroke of genius on somebody's part.
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