*wry* Well, the thing is, IM is my _last_ choice for conversation.
OK, right now, with phone being mildly annoying even when expected, it's probably slightly better than phone for most purposes, and about par with phone for the very few people with whom phone is effectively non-stressful for me.
But either way, if I'm borderline anti-social, IM is not a good thing except for people I'm specifically wanting to talk to, and I will almost certainly have used email first. (email is usually my default if in-person conversation isn't possible, and even sometimes if it _is_ possible)
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OK, right now, with phone being mildly annoying even when expected, it's probably slightly better than phone for most purposes, and about par with phone for the very few people with whom phone is effectively non-stressful for me.
But either way, if I'm borderline anti-social, IM is not a good thing except for people I'm specifically wanting to talk to, and I will almost certainly have used email first. (email is usually my default if in-person conversation isn't possible, and even sometimes if it _is_ possible)