oregonnerd: differing views

A Minor Look Backward–How Many Geeks no Longer IM

August 26, 2008 at 2:23 am Leave a comment

One of the major attractions of the internet used to be things like IMs. Of course, they were for geeks like me, ICQ or something like that. Then that in particular began becoming steadily less safe, basically the more so the more people started using it. Somwhere of course in there came AIM and MS with whatever it originally was. Now, guess what? The geeks like me don’t use it, because it’s (the medium of Instant Messaging, I mean) taken up by neophytes and crooks. Certainly I wouldn’t want to use IM to meet anyone, and the very idea of something like a dating service based on information that would allow the construction of an accurate behavioral profile makes my paranoia feel paranoid.

Interesting.

–Glenn

Entry filed under: computers/tech. Tags: IM, irony, safety, the internet.