I set myself up in ICQ today and after a lot of fumbling around trying to understand how this whole chat thing works (can you tell I've never used it before?), added a number of other students into my contacts list. Almost immediately, Peter Drewer contacted me and we had a pleasant discussion and I had further instruction on how to do things in ICQ. I will join in on Friday morning on an already established group chat with Peter and two other students.
Even with just two of us, occasionally our messages crossed fire. I can see how if too many people are engaged in one chat, it could become a bit unwieldy.
Update:
After establishing myself in ICQ, and chatted to a few fellow students, I have discovered an aversion to changing my status to "online". I feel as though I'm asking someone to contact me when in fact I'm not. I much prefer e-mail as it feels less intrusive. I respond to e-mail when it is convenient to me however the chat is like the phone, I must stop what I am doing and answer it immediately. Like the phone, I could ignore it but those little alerts and pop-ups are like a blinking light on your answering machine.
Maybe I'm a product of my generation, but I can't see myself using ICQ beyond this unit.
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