I remember years ago when i was at school all the rage was going on IM's every group of friends seemed to have the service they preferred some like myself liked msn others yahoo and then there were those people who thought they were smart by using trillian.
Its a shame today when ever I log on to msn there never seems to be any one online where as 5 or so years ago there would always be plenty of people now im amazed if i see 1 or 2 people, it seems sad in away that everyone just goes online to facebook chat these days which I have never really gotten on well with although I use it, I just feel it is very inferior to the alternatives, I guess it was not the fault of the social networks themselves but the companies for the IM who failed to evolve the product beyond the means of mealy talk but the whole social interaction and networking for doing stuff like sharing photos which kind of eventually spelt the downfall of the IM's.
I have recently downloaded AIM messenger which allows me to have a messenger client to talk over facebook which i guess in a way is a bit of a win. Maybe im just looking back at the whole era with some sort of rose tinted glasses like the SNES, but hell it was good and I am a bit sad that its gone
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