Instant messages get complicated
‘Instant messaging is one of the simple pleasures of the Internet. You just type and send, and your online buddy has your message in an instant.
But now, many of the major instant-messaging services are making things more complicated by piling on audio and video chats, games, photo sharing, animated greetings, Internet radio channels and more. Also, some of the latest messaging programs include advertising.
Although some of the add-on features are useful or just plain fun, others seem superfluous - the online equivalent of putting too much furniture in a room - and some don’t even work well.’
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