10-06-2003, 04:42 AM
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5000+ Posts? I Should OWN This Site!
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Text Messaging Addictions
How much time do you spend text messaging friends? Acquaintances? Enemies?
Would you say you are addicted? I'm not. Really. I can quit any time I want. I'm serious! Why don't you believe me??? 
The head of a clinic in Britain stated that they have some patients they are treating that text message for seven hours a day. The article didn't say if these were weekend days or during the work week...
Obviously a large segment of PPCT readers are addicted to technology in one form or another. But are you addicted to text messaging? How long are your "buddy lists"? How much of your day do you spend chatting?
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10-06-2003, 04:53 AM
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Philosopher
Join Date: Aug 2002
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I'm not addicted, it's just that it takes me seven hours to type a message.
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10-06-2003, 04:57 AM
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Magi
Join Date: Feb 2004
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I hardly ever text message. I don't have any of the clients installed on any of my home PC's, and I only have the standard Lotus Notes "Sametime Connect" client installed at work.
I don't even have a cell phone, so I don't SMS, either. 
It's not that I'm a Luddite or that I don't have any friends - I just can't be bothered with it.
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10-06-2003, 05:03 AM
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Mystic
Join Date: Feb 2004
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Somedays I will spend 4-5 IM people. I wouldn't say I'm addicted, just somedays I talk to a lot of friends.
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10-06-2003, 05:09 AM
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5000+ Posts? I Should OWN This Site!
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I don't particularly go for this kind of stuff. I prefer good, old-fashioned email. :wink:
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10-06-2003, 05:19 AM
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Intellectual
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I use both IM and SMS Daily.
I would send over 200 SMS's per month and be on the instant messenger for at least an hour per day both to clients & family. :lol:
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10-06-2003, 05:25 AM
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Editor Emeritus
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Kati, you should have made a poll about this 
I IM a fair amount, both for "business" and for "friends" -- potentially hours a day. I do also SMS a few messages per day. I guess my life requires that I be connected.
FWIW, I have 100+ "buddies" 8O
--janak
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10-06-2003, 05:27 AM
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Ponderer
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You would think this is something that teenagers and young adults are doing. Well I have to admit I have a group of friends and family that trade messages 4 or 5 times a day. The ages of these people range from 33 to 56. So it's not allays young people who adopt new technology first. (I say new because it has only only been around for about 3 years here in the states).
I really see MMS messages becoming big as soon as more people have MMS enabled phones.
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10-06-2003, 06:15 AM
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Ponderer
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Originally Posted by Surgical Snack
I don't even have a cell phone, so I don't SMS, either.
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I think we're in the minority in the developed world. I do not own a cell phone either. I have never owned a cell phone, and unless forced for certain reasons (for a great job or for 'special' circumstances) I hope I never will.
I have never sent a SMS. It's not that I don't have friends, it's just that I find this method of communicating so stupid.
I use IM programs on the internet, mostly for work purposes though (Jabber).
Leading from this, I hope there are always handhelds that don't force me to carry a phone built in... I hope standalone handhelds will always exist!
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10-06-2003, 06:53 AM
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Philosopher
Join Date: Jul 2003
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addicted? who's addicted? It;s just a form of communication...
If you send 30 messages out to about 10 people a day... hat would only be about 3messages per person... multiply that by 30 days... you get 900 messages sent.
I hit at an average about 1000 messages a month.
It's just normal.
Think of each message as a sentence spoken. Any dif?
Mabuhay! ~ Carlo
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