# Instant Messenging **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 9, 2001, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instant-messenging/64841 "2001-05-09T04:13:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Rosebud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@Rosebud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rosebud)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2001, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instant-messenging/64841/21 "2001-05-10T01:24:06Z")
Hey there **dantheman**. Yep, I mean IRC… I figured I’d drop it in there to make my post as a whole more interesting and full of… um… content 😉 (Also 'cause **Evnglion** mentioned it a little ways up in the thread!) ---
**Author:** ![south333](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f9b8f/32.png) [@south333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/south333)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2001, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instant-messenging/64841/22 "2001-05-10T01:30:56Z")
I used to have icq, then yahoo, and now aim (southreb333). I stopped using icq just because it took so long to download and was confusing after I installed it. I had yahoo for a while, but I always got ims from people who were VERY strange or trying to sell something. I don’t have much trouble with aim, I’ve had one or two people im me, luckily they weren’t really strange. The biggest problem I’ve had w/ aol (the mail anyway) is junk mail. I’ve never tried msn, is it any good? BTW, do you go to chat rooms and stuff? Thats how I got some strange ims from yahoo people. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2001, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instant-messenging/64841/23 "2001-05-10T01:33:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rosebud \* > **Hey there dantheman. Yep, I mean IRC… I figured I’d drop it in there to make my post as a whole more interesting and full of… um… content 😉** And so full of content it was! I was content to see such content! I am a better person for it! Nay, I am wizened beyond all recognition, for your post hath brought me out of the fire of eternal ignorance! ---
**Author:** ![Grok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@Grok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grok)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2001, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instant-messenging/64841/24 "2001-05-10T01:34:16Z")
I’m on Yahoo Messenger (michael\_herrick1), and am often on in the evenings. Dial me up if you like. Haven’t had any spamming problems with it. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2001, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instant-messenging/64841/25 "2001-05-10T15:36:35Z")
Try [truetech.com](http://truetech.com) I love them. Its free. Just have a webcam connected to your computer (what are they $29 these days?), run their free software, it sets up the server for you real easy. So freaky easy. Then you get your very own homepage with your live camera & a chat room link on it so you can chat with someone as they see you on private or public live camera. It’s like way too easy. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2001, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instant-messenging/64841/26 "2001-05-10T16:32:42Z")
I’m on AOL as SuperdudeKev, either superdude or daredevilcomic on MSN. ---
**Author:** ![BunnyGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BunnyGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyGirl)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2001, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instant-messenging/64841/27 "2001-05-10T19:19:16Z")
I use MSN and have never gotten any porn or ads. I only have it here at work and use it to chat with a couple friends I used to work with. I had ICQ at another place and it was kind of annoying. I think my name is my hotmail address: shellygirl67 Give it a shot and see if it works. Or not. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@The\_Tof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tof)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2001, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instant-messenging/64841/28 "2001-05-11T01:30:41Z")
I used to get porn solicitations all the time on ICQ. I don’t have it anymore. I do have AIM, and have never ever had anybody I didn’t know IM me. Anybody here… feel free. Screeme18/Screeme602 18, I’m at work and I can take awhile to respond… 602 is at home. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2001, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instant-messenging/64841/29 "2001-05-11T01:35:40Z")
I’m on AIM (jarbabyj) and Yahoo! (jarbabyj) I’m a hot, curvy blonde with a nasty submissive streak…looking for good times with hot moderators… IM me for hot sexy barely legal pics. :: cough :: jarbaby ---
**Author:** ![Eo\_Echo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ebca7d/32.png) [@Eo\_Echo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eo_Echo)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2001, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instant-messenging/64841/30 "2001-05-11T02:03:45Z")
I’ve got AOL (JBirdman12). I should get Yahoo since that’s what most of my friends have, but I haven’t gotten around to it. Maybe I’ll do it now that I’m thinking of it. ---
**Author:** ![Evnglion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f04885/32.png) [@Evnglion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evnglion)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2001, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instant-messenging/64841/31 "2001-05-11T17:08:34Z")
well…I have just been very annoyed by someone on AIM for ht first time ever. This girl, sitting next to me here in the library, at school, decides she will msg me and lead me on a wild goose chase for a couple minutes. Very irritating, so please feel free to msg her back, and annoy her. **kipperjackie7** ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2001, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instant-messenging/64841/32 "2001-05-11T17:13:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jarbabyj \* > \*\*I’m on AIM (jarbabyj) and Yahoo! (jarbabyj) > > I’m a hot, curvy blonde with a nasty submissive streak…looking for good times with hot moderators… > > IM me for hot sexy barely legal pics. > > :: cough :: > > jarbaby \*\* I came [sup]thisclose[/sup] to IMing you last night. But alas and alack, you weren’t on. And what’s more, I couldn’t add your name right then and there because AIM was being a real pissant. Hmph. I’m in a grumpy mood and here I am taking it out on a post. Bad, bad **dan**! Darn these bad days… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2001, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instant-messenging/64841/33 "2001-05-11T17:18:00Z")
BTW, is it the kiss of death to tell a mod he misspelled the thread title? [sub]or is it just a play on words… [/sub] 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2001, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instant-messenging/64841/34 "2001-05-11T19:10:15Z")
… for those of you using it, Lotus Notes now has it’s own instant messenging service too: Sametime Connect. ---
**Author:** ![skydyvr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@skydyvr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skydyvr)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2001, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instant-messenging/64841/35 "2001-05-11T19:57:29Z")
ICQ (22512393) and AIM (lonewolf9999) and Yahoo (skydyvr01) I’d love to hit a chatroom, but unfortunately, they’re blocked on my network ☹ ---
**Author:** ![sk8rixtx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/858c86/32.png) [@sk8rixtx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sk8rixtx)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2001, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instant-messenging/64841/36 "2001-05-12T03:22:45Z")
I’ve got AIM(ImpulseD08). It’s a damn shame I don’t get any messages from porn stars. ---
**Author:** ![Sylkyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@Sylkyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylkyn)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2001, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instant-messenging/64841/37 "2001-05-12T07:49:47Z")
I am a rabid ICQ freak [sub]53344755[/sub] and also have MSN at work [sub]kangrme[/sub]. I rarely get spammed on ICQ, but I still have 99b, and everyone I know that has 2000 gets tons of it. Plus, 2000 has bugs galore on it, and that I can live without. I used to have Yahoo IM, but it bit the fat one. I do have AIM, but only because a couple of friends of mine that don’t want to mess with ICQ are on it. Otherwise, it, too, is a pain. [sub]But if anybody wants to talk sometime, my nick on AIM is slknthreat[/sub]. ---
**Author:** ![Ms2001](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ms2001/32/18463_2.png) [@Ms2001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms2001)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2001, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instant-messenging/64841/38 "2001-05-12T10:51:58Z")
ICQ [sub]105563 (I’m an old-timer)[/sub], AIM [sub]Mr20012001[/sub]. I tend to use AIM more these days because it’s faster and it works on my cell phone. I’ve never gotten a message on AIM from someone I didn’t know (at least vicariously), though I get spam on ICQ all the time. I reply with random swearing, but I’ve only gotten responses once or twice. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2001, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instant-messenging/64841/39 "2001-05-12T11:03:37Z")
I’ve got AIM, which I don’t log onto on a regular basis, and MSN which runs unless I turn it off. Tried ICQ once, didn’t like it. Never tried yahoo, because I figured 2 message systems are enough. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2001, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instant-messenging/64841/40 "2001-05-12T14:02:42Z")
I’m ryanmead1985 (pretty original, huh?) on AIM and Yahoo! Messenger, and I’m able to talk to whenever I’m on the internet. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instant-messenging/64841.md?page=1)