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I've never seen the reason for texting vs. email. Texting is just email with a character limit -- nm

Posted by oblique (aka kkuphal) Feb 19 '09, 08:34

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I don't see the point of email when either you could just send a short a text or if more explanation is needed make a call. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 19, 08:44
when using a phone, texting is usually easier, especially for quick messages -- nm - ty97 Feb 19, 08:37 3
- I'm just speaking from a technical standpoint that I've never seen the reason for the two separate protocols - oblique Feb 19, 08:43 2
  - sms was originally only a service for GSM techs -- nm - Dane Duke Nuuk Feb 19, 09:03
  - I think a large part of it is legacy. sms = less data flying around, and old networks just didn't have the bandwidth. - mafic Feb 19, 08:47
On Facebook, I friended a 14 year old son of a good friend - amoxy Feb 19, 08:36 28
- Rule #1: Never Facebook coworkers, bosses, or kids of anyone you know -- nm - oblique Feb 19, 08:41 6
  - my rule: Don't put anything on FB that you don't want people to see (even if you didn't friend them). these things can be found. -- nm - loosilu Feb 19, 08:52
  - *nodding* -- nm - Subversive Feb 19, 08:50 3
    - I still haven't even friended my 80 year old Aunt. There's just things she doesn't need to know :) -- nm - oblique Feb 19, 08:51 2
      - I just tend to police my Facebook fairly strictly. Anything off-color that someone posts on my wall gets deleted. -- nm - TFox Feb 19, 08:53 1
        
        I feel bad about deleting stuff. I should get over that -- nm - oblique Feb 19, 08:55
  - FB is different for everyone, but I totally live by this - con_carne has class tonight Feb 19, 08:44
- Adults not understand how kids communicate? That has never happened in the history of time! -- nm - con_carne has class tonight Feb 19, 08:39
- I am convinced my stepsister is a functional illiterate, the way she IMs me. -- nm - TFox Feb 19, 08:37
- Ummmm... that's all kinds of creepy. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 19, 08:37 18
  - I have known this kid since he was born and we have the same birthday - amoxy Feb 19, 08:40 1
    - My head isn't in the gutter. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 19, 08:42
  - Why? Are you attempting some lame pedophile joke? -- nm - amoxy Feb 19, 08:39 15
    - Not attempting to joke about it in any way. I just think it's inappropriate for an adult to "friend" children on FB and myspace. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 19, 08:41 14
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        you can untag yourself in other people's photos. -- nm - loosilu Feb 19, 08:52
        
        I see your point and if that is what CT going for, I understand that -- nm - amoxy Feb 19, 08:48
      - I'm friends with my neice and nephews. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 19, 08:43 9
        
        Really, I do not get the inappropiate aspect of it - amoxy Feb 19, 08:45 7
        
        Well, I could "send you a beer" on Send Drinks, I could make a slightly "blue" comment on your status... -- nm - con_carne has class tonight Feb 19, 08:47 6
        
        block application. delete comment. -- nm - loosilu Feb 19, 08:54
        
        "amoxy has been tagged in 17 photos" (Showing all the things that should've stayed in Vegas.) -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 19, 08:49 4
        
        you can untag yourself. -- nm - loosilu Feb 19, 08:53 3
        
        Yes you can.But most people don't monitor their updates 24/7 so they can be on things like the the instant they happen. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 19, 08:56 2
        
        you can have tag updates sent to your email so you get the alert instantly. -- nm - loosilu Feb 19, 08:57 1
        
        but I only text! - oblique Feb 19, 09:00
        
        I was going to add an "unless you're related." And even then... -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 19, 08:45
      - Wow really? -- nm - amoxy Feb 19, 08:43
People have more of a habit of ignoring their email. Understandably -- nm - con_carne has class tonight Feb 19, 08:36
it's good for information on the run - addresses, phone numbers, quick notes while you are out. -- nm - Andie Feb 19, 08:35 2
- If the phone's "texting" interface was an email address, the brevity of the message would be irrelevant -- nm - oblique Feb 19, 08:39 1
  - you really don't get the whole texting thing do you? -- nm - decline Feb 19, 08:43
not everyone has blackberries or iphones. see? -- nm - the ides of march love mandy lane Feb 19, 08:35 3
- totally agree. -- nm - Remlik Feb 19, 08:37
- I have a BB but I hate to carry that big bulk around -- nm - Jammed Uzi Feb 19, 08:36 1
  - (so I use my other phone...) -- nm - Jammed Uzi Feb 19, 08:54
are you in front of a computer all the time? - loosilu Feb 19, 08:35 7
- But phone + data plan = email client -- nm - oblique Feb 19, 08:35 6
  - my cheap-ass phone can't even handle that. - mafic Feb 19, 08:43
  - then i have to log into my email and still go through the process of typing in a message on my numeric keyboard, and if the person receiving is out - Andie Feb 19, 08:37 3
    - I just think every phone's "texting" interface should be an email address. No reason it should be a separate system -- nm - oblique Feb 19, 08:38 2
      - um, actually it is the other way around. Everyone's email address is their (text) phone number - decline Feb 19, 08:39
      - i don't want my phone beeping every time i get an email. -- nm - Andie Feb 19, 08:39
  - I don't have a data plan. -- nm - loosilu Feb 19, 08:36
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- that's the only time I'll text. Every other time, I punch in 7 or 10 digits and talk! -- nm - CQ Feb 19, 08:36 3
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    - I just click 'JackDawson' on the text screen and start typing. - ty97 Feb 19, 08:38
- also useful for amusing ST with drunk text reproductions -- nm - Roger More Feb 19, 08:36

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