[Air-l] The death of chat?

Alex Kuskis akuskis at ican.net
Wed Sep 24 12:27:27 PDT 2003


A report on BBC World News on TV was a bit more cynical.
An English industry "expert" was interviewed, who opined that
the primary reason related to Microsoft losing money from their
chatroom services, caused partly by having to try to screen participation.
As you know, Microsoft has been trying to generate more revenue
from its other Internet services, such as Hotmail, as well. It seems
that "Microsoft" and "free service" are a contradication in terms.....Alex
alex.kuskis at utoronto.ca

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Jones" <sjones at uic.edu>
To: <air-l at aoir.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 12:56 PM
Subject: Re: [Air-l] The death of chat?


> Given the international membership on this list I'd be very
> interested in hearing reactions to MSN's announcement from outside
> the U.S. The news stories I heard about it on the radio in the U.S.
> emphasized spam and porn as being the reasons for the closing. Is
> that the reporting elsewhere?
>
> Thanks,
> Sj
>
> At 12:04 PM -0400 9/24/03, Karim R. Lakhani wrote:
> >I think this means the web based chat rooms and not IM or real time
> >chat service.
> >
> >J Sternberg wrote:
> >
> >>With Internet Relay Chat flourishing worldwide since its creation
> >>in 1988, as well as the ongoing popularity of AOL's Instant
> >>Messenger, it seems to me that chat won't be dying out any time
> >>soon. Although I don't know of any definitive statistics, my
> >>impression is that compared to systems such as IRC and AIM, MSN
> >>chat has been just a drop in the bucket.
> >>
> >>Janet Sternberg, Ph.D.
> >>Assistant Professor
> >>Department of Communication and Media Studies
> >>Fordham University
> >>
> >>
> >>Lois Ann Scheidt wrote:
> >>
> >>>  MSN has announced that it will be closing or significantly changing
its
> >>>chatrooms worldwide, effective October 14.  The announcement can be
found
> >>>at
> >>>http://www.wininformant.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=40329
> >>>
> >>>Lois Ann Scheidt MPA MIS SPHR CCP
> >>>Doctoral Student
> >>>School of Library and Information Science
> >>>Indiana University
> >>>Bloomington IN USA
> >>>http://www.loisscheidt.com
> >>>
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