i had lots of good conversations over icq; many of which i even saved to text files. but then lost the (hahaha floppy) discs i saved them on.
i honestly don't think the messenger thing is that different; i just think maybe the ratio is different? now that it's so easy for god and everyone to use, and now that you don't pay like, by the minute/hour for dialup or still have the feeling somehow that using the internet is some kind of ordeal, and is not slow anymore, people are more likely to use it for whatever, including im. i mean, in 1993-4 there was far fewer crappy useless webpages, too i bet. i maintain that it is not a function of the tool. :)
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Date: 2005-09-13 12:52 pm (UTC)i honestly don't think the messenger thing is that different; i just think maybe the ratio is different? now that it's so easy for god and everyone to use, and now that you don't pay like, by the minute/hour for dialup or still have the feeling somehow that using the internet is some kind of ordeal, and is not slow anymore, people are more likely to use it for whatever, including im. i mean, in 1993-4 there was far fewer crappy useless webpages, too i bet. i maintain that it is not a function of the tool. :)