AIM or MSN

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Oct 12, 2009 8:29 PM #499634
Which IMing thing do you use?

I prefer AIM, but I have MSN as well.
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Oct 12, 2009 8:34 PM #499636
I use MSN. I have never tried AIM and can't really be bothered to, unless I find a ten to one majority or higher against me here. MSN is good enough.
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Oct 12, 2009 8:34 PM #499637
I use Pidgin.
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Oct 12, 2009 8:37 PM #499640
From what I know, MSN is the dominant messenger here on SPP.

I use AIM. Been using it ever since 6th grade and no one in NYC ever mentions MSN as an alternative.
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Oct 12, 2009 8:42 PM #499641
MSN. Never tried AIM, I don't really bother using MSN much, anyway.
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Oct 12, 2009 8:45 PM #499642
Quote from STUFF
From what I know, MSN is the dominant messenger here on SPP.

I use AIM. Been using it ever since 6th grade and no one in NYC ever mentions MSN as an alternative.


Yeah, but I think I remember someone saying that MSN is more common than AIM in the UK.

So basically if you live in the U.S, I don't see why you would be using MSN if you want to talk to friends, since basically nobody uses it except for internet people.
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Oct 12, 2009 9:16 PM #499651
Quote from StrunG
Yeah, but I think I remember someone saying that MSN is more common than AIM in the UK.

So basically if you live in the U.S, I don't see why you would be using MSN if you want to talk to friends, since basically nobody uses it except for internet people.

Yeah that's why I chose AIM :P
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Oct 12, 2009 9:18 PM #499652
Quote from StrunG
Yeah, but I think I remember someone saying that MSN is more common than AIM in the UK.


In all honesty I had never heard of AIM before I joined this site. I like your "MSN is more common in Britain" explanation better than "Zed's a technotard" so I'll go with that.
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Oct 12, 2009 9:25 PM #499654
Quiet honestly, I stopped using both.

However, texting is ridiculously popular in college.
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Oct 12, 2009 9:34 PM #499657
Quote from Dudeman
Quiet honestly, I stopped using both.

However, texting is ridiculously popular in college.


So are blowjobs ;)
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Oct 12, 2009 9:49 PM #499671
If any, I use MSN once in a while. But mostly I'm on ICQ, since that's what most of my reallife friends use.
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Oct 12, 2009 9:51 PM #499674
Quote from STUFF
From what I know, MSN is the dominant messenger here on SPP.

I use AIM. Been using it ever since 6th grade and no one in NYC ever mentions MSN as an alternative.


Quote from StrunG
Yeah, but I think I remember someone saying that MSN is more common than AIM in the UK.

So basically if you live in the U.S, I don't see why you would be using MSN if you want to talk to friends, since basically nobody uses it except for internet people.


STUFF and StrunG are spot on with these statements, methinks.

AOL Instant messenger came out when I was in fourth grade (May 1997). I did not have the internet until I was in fifth grade and the main reason I wanted it and encouraged my parents to sign up was so I could chat with my friends using AIM. The program has a special place in my heart and has never cause me any computer trouble. This is mainly why I use it to this day.
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Oct 12, 2009 10:00 PM #499682
Quote from Dudeman
Quiet honestly, I stopped using both.

However, texting is ridiculously popular in college.


Isn't texting multiple people a hassle? I mean, I'm usually chatting to 5 or more people at once on AIM and that'd be a bitch if I were texting.
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Oct 12, 2009 10:07 PM #499689
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Isn't texting multiple people a hassle? I mean, I'm usually chatting to 5 or more people at once on AIM and that'd be a bitch if I were texting.


You just gotta take 'em one at a time and continuously check that you're responding to the person you intended. It can be somewhat annoying on non-smartphones.
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Oct 12, 2009 11:44 PM #499766
Both. AIM dominantly though.