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JabberCentral: Instant Messaging and Today’s Teens (and Consumer Potential)

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 28, 2000

[ Thanks to Justin
Mecham
for this link. ]

“Surely, I am hopped up on myself, but then I only have to look
at my sister to be taken aback. She is at the same age that I was
just learning the computer, and she is more comfortable using
instant messaging than I am. It is hard to admit, but it is
true.”

“My sister has over one hundred people in her AIM roster, and I
have thirty-seven. She chats with her friends every night after
school for about an hour (or more if she can get away with it), and
I chat with people only for about ten or fifteen minutes a day.
Even though I am actually helping develop the technology, she uses
it more than I do!”

Complete
Story

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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