[Air-l] The death of chat?

[Sarah Stewart]

yes, same here in new zealand

Sarah Stewart
Midwifery Lecturer
School of Midwifery
Otago Polytechnic
Dunedin 

>>> sjones at uic.edu 09/25/03 04:56a.m. >>>
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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