[Air-l] Re: The death of chat?

[Paul Bevan]

As always, the NTK mailing list http://www.ntk.net/ has summed up a large
number of net-user's opinions on this topic :

         A contrary couple of weeks among the forces fighting the
         good fight - or at least, convincing everyone else they are.
         MSN certainly added a few people to their buddy list after
         many outlets ran MSN's cancelling of their chat services
         without a glimmer of analysis. MSN UK head Gillian Kent was
         on all media, recommending people switched from "free and
         unmoderated" chatrooms to... MSN Messenger. Oh yes, much
         safer. Anyone wanting to write a real follow-up story might
         want to try opening MSN Messenger. Click on "Search for a
         Contact". Choose "Search By Interest". Browse "Profiles By
         Interest". Click on "People > Romance". Click on "13-19".
         Voila. A list of potential penpals, sorted by age and gender.
         Any chance of MSN Messenger getting shut down now? Or is the
         AIM-killer a bit more profitable than free, moderated chat?

Paul

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Paul Bevan
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