Topic: 2010: The Year Instant Messaging Finally Died?

[sam]

Has Twitter killed instant messaging? That’s one possible explanation for the sudden and precipitous drop in instant message traffic in the past few years. A recent study shows that Britons spent an entire 14 percent of the online-time instant messaging back in 2007. Now? That number is a paltry 5 percent. Is IM dead, dying, or merely going through growing pains?

http://techcrunch.com/2010/05/24/2010-the-year-instant-messaging-finally-died

[Clive]

I haven't used IM in 5 years.   

[Rik]

IM not a user either.

[Simon]

I think it's affecting forums too. 

[Rik]

I tend to agree, Simon. While we're keeping our figures up reasonably well, there's definitely less 'busyness' these days. Perhaps it's just the economic climate? 

[Simon]

But we're free! 

[Rik]

I was thinking more that we see less people logging in from work these days.

[Simon]

True. 

[Rik]

Except you, of course. 

[Simon]

[sam]

I haven't used IM in 5 years.   

I moved to Google chat.... why not have my email open and my chat window, why have a second program running 

Really the only person I IM with is Lizzie anyway.

[Rik]

Phew. 

[sam]