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i was wondering who thinks instant messeging is a wate of time , if you useit what do you get out of it, i am askin because i dont know wheather to use it all again i mean whats the point of speaking to sumone you can speak to on th phone or see at school or at work???

it is definatly not a waste of time, because most of my friends on MSN live far away, so to talk to them on the phone the way i do on MSN would cost hundreds of dollars a day

besides i feel more confident on MSN, i get a chance to think about what i want to say before i send it

an advantage of having MSN (or another IM client) to talk to people is that MSN is free and the phone isn't (unless you are using dial-up, than MSN isn't free). Another advantage is that you can think before answering, a period of silence doesn't feel as weird as on the phone. A third advantage is you can add lots of stuff to your conversations such as emoticons etc..

IM's aren't a waste of time, some people, Patchou for an example makes a living out of them.

Who thinks this topic is a waste of time?

I don't think it is a waste of time.

It is a faster way of speaking to someone, easier, and costs less. Think, you speak to someone in England, (say you lived in Australia), on the phone, and it costs quite a bit of money for the bill payer. But with instant messaging, you're not really paying anything.

Instant messaging and the internet is also a great way of meeting people you wouldn't normally meet. Friendships are formed, relationships are formed, (I know couples who have gotten married,   but wouldn't know eachother, if it wasn't for the internet), and it is a, as I said, faster and nicer way to speak to people. Also, not everyone finds it easy to speak on the phone, or meet people sometimes.

I myself have made quite a lot of good friends on the internet, who I do plan to meet someday. You may say, "but oh, he/she could be a pedofile!", but you can get to know someone very well over the internet, and you normally see photos of them, see them on webcam's, and even, after a time, phone them, to see what they hear like.

Plus, I have had friends on the internet who have helped me a lot more than anyone I actually see on a regular basis ever has. (Bar my mum and bro.)

I also like MSN because it gives me a chance to say what I feel, and to speak my mind. I am confident on MSN, more confident than I am face-to-face. I think this is the same for a lot of people. You can build friendships over the internet, which you wouldn't be able to achieve face-to-face. Not saying that you'll only ever speak to them on MSN, because most likely, you'll meet them properly one day.

good place to ask this type of question..

Get me a forever-free phone plan, and move me to Lisbon, and i'll answer yes..Blah!...this thread is teh waste..coming to Msgplus! Forums, wich are about an add on to msn messenger, and saying that, is just garbage..

kwl i guess you are right about the think before you type thing and people if u think this is a waste of time why do you bother you are just wasting my time by writing that ok XxX

hmmmm...

sexy. that type of logic just doesnt work.

so what type of logic does work???