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For me I really use more text messaging lately than before. Since I've been hanging out with a new female friend, she loves to text message. I just think it's the worst form of communication. I mean I like it and I use it and it's growing on me but it's just completely stupid for the most part. Is it that hard to pick up the phone and talk to someone? They are both easy forms of communication I just prefer face to face communication. It just seems like more and more people are giving up on face to face communication and even more people are talking less on the phone and texting more.
I believe that communication has been more wide spread with the use of IM's and it's easier to talk to people from all over the world. However, I feel that friends and family are giving up seeing each other by sharing pictures and Im one another instead of making a stronger effort to see each other.
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I know what you're saying about being almost pushed to text message by someone who sends a lot of them. My girlfriend is the same way. I text message a decent amount now, much more than I did several months ago. It's useful for contacting people when you're not able to talk, but I agree that it seems to get in the way of traditional oral interaction with people. I feel like the more I exchange text messages, the less I actually talk with my friends. It can be surprisingly isolating, in some ways.
Posted by: tcarr | March 24, 2007 12:31 PM
I agree and like you I text message a lot more than I ever did before. I see you picked an image of the iPhone. My hopes are that when I get one in June that 1) I will begin to talk on the phone more often and 2) when I do text message it will be easier and faster!
Posted by: Dale | March 24, 2007 1:42 PM
Although I agree with you that text messaging may seem a bit impersonal, I don't think that they are meant for long conversations. I personally think that text messaging is more for exchanges of small pieces of information and not for long, hearty conversations. I mainly use text messaging when I want to either quickly remind someone of something or confirm plans. I also just use it if I have a quick comment about something but don't have the time to really talk to them. Some people talk for a really long time on the phone and I personally don't like to do that.
Posted by: Natalya Goncharova | March 25, 2007 6:57 PM
I totally agree with you. It finally hit me when my mom started text messaging me. It really bothered me that I was starting to lose the more personable connection with my own mother. Now I try my hardest not to text people and if someone sends me a text I call them back instead of returning the text.
Posted by: Nicole | March 25, 2007 8:28 PM
I am glad that texting is growing on you.
I wasn't a fan of texting either, but decided to do it during the first few months of dating MY HUSBAND. It provided a less threatening platform for us to flirt and communicate. Maybe this girlfriend of yours in the one?????
I do agree with you about people seeing less of each other. Technology takes away an important element of intimacy that humans take for granted. Hopefully the pendulum will shift again someday and we'll get back to letter writing and going outside of our homes to socialize.
Posted by: Julie Swenson | March 25, 2007 9:19 PM
I don't see text messaging as being too different from AIM, but while AIM can be used to communicate with people all over the world, I don't think that most people use it for that.
Posted by: Matt Erickson | March 25, 2007 10:53 PM
I feel as though text messaging is almost better because it gets straight to the point
Posted by: Kelly | March 25, 2007 11:35 PM