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Perhaps because "chat" is the oldest human activity there is, so the idea that chat will ever be "done" is a chimera.
by abraae 11y ago
Perhaps because "chat" is the oldest human activity there is, so the idea that chat will ever be "done" is a chimera.
- vannevar 11y agoIf the medium is the message, then yes. A chat on ICQ is different from a chat on WhatsApp, because the app itself is part of the tribal identity. Like slang for existing words. So even if the functionality stays identical (and I would argue that it has, there's only so much you can do with a chat app), the cultural context of the app is different.