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Absolutely not! Social networks might be the new instant messenger. Email is a service that interoperates between networks that almost everyone has. Social n
by mdasen 18y ago
Absolutely not!
Social networks might be the new instant messenger. Email is a service that interoperates between networks that almost everyone has. Social networks, like many instant messenger networks, are services that are closed to those who haven't signed up with a specific service and try to corner the market through exclusion.
- bendtheblock 18y agoThe article mentions this (i.e. that an open standard should be created for IMs between different social networks). I would say that in most cases this doesn't even matter, everyone in my social network, and nearly every new person I meet, is on Facebook, I admit there's obviously a bias there i.e. the demographic of Facebook members probably matches that of my 'real-life' social network.