[Air-l] The death of chat?

[ren at aldermangroup.com]

In the UK i have mainly heard about pedophiles and grooming. 
A director of MSN that appeared on the news at lunch also 
mentioned porn spam. Though each news report i have heard has 
also suggested that MS are only closing their 'free' service 
and their 'paid' services are still availble, the strong 
implication being that they are scaring people into the paid 
service.
ren
www.renreynolds.com


---- Original message ----
>Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 19:35:13 +0200
>From: "Gitte Stald" <stald at hum.ku.dk>  
>Subject: Re: [Air-l] The death of chat?  
>To: <air-l at aoir.org>
>
>That was the reporting in DK as well - but the argument that 
chatrooms are used by pedophiles to meet children was 
mentioned as well. 
>:-) Gitte
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Steve Jones" <sjones at uic.edu>
>To: <air-l at aoir.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 6:56 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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