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Old 02-09-2009, 09:04 PM  
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Texting: A Question
Why do people text? You've got a cellular phone. It's capable of full-duplex voice communication. Why go through the arduous task of typing in characters?
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Old 02-09-2009, 09:05 PM   #2
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Why do people e-mail?
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Old 02-09-2009, 09:06 PM   #3
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Why do people e-mail?
That's a good point. However, most people don't realize (or don't know) that you can use a PC to make a phone/voice call.
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Old 02-09-2009, 09:07 PM   #4
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Why do people e-mail?
Email is for when you don't need immediate communication.
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Old 02-09-2009, 09:07 PM   #5
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I used to be really annoyed by texting, before I figured out it had a serious advantage over placing calls: the ability to tell someone something without having to engage in a full conversation.
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Old 02-09-2009, 09:08 PM   #6
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Texting = free. Call's not so much.
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Old 02-09-2009, 09:08 PM   #7
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The reason I ask is that my wife has a friend who texts her cell phone about five times/day. I never set up "texting" on her account so it costs me something like $0.25/text that she sends.
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Old 02-09-2009, 09:09 PM   #8
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Why do people text?
Because its what all the cool kids are doing.
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Old 02-09-2009, 09:11 PM   #9
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That's a good point. However, most people don't realize (or don't know) that you can use a PC to make a phone/voice call.
True. I guess that my point is that texting is halfway between a phone call and an e-mail.

Phone call:
Efficient communication
Somewhat intrusive

E-mail:
Moderately efficient communication
Very unobtrusive

Texting:
Very inefficient communication
Somewhat unintrusive
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Old 02-09-2009, 09:11 PM   #10
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For what it's worth, I strongly dislike texting, but I have to deal with it from time to time since a lot of other people do.
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Old 02-09-2009, 09:11 PM   #11
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Texting = free. Call's not so much.
What? Texting isn't free.
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Old 02-09-2009, 09:13 PM   #12
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Texting is great because it's a way to have a 30 second convo without actually talking to the annoying person.
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Old 02-09-2009, 09:13 PM   #13
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You won't believe this, but there are some people that text thousands of times a month. I know a girl whose parents got her unlimited texting when she did over 5000 in one month.
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Old 02-09-2009, 09:13 PM   #14
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True. I guess that my point is that texting is halfway between a phone call and an e-mail.

Phone call:
Efficient communication
Somewhat intrusive

E-mail:
Moderately efficient communication
Very unobtrusive

Texting:
Very inefficient communication
Somewhat unintrusive
I see your point, to a point, but verbal communication is far more efficient than typed, at least for me. However, considering how loquacious my wife is, perhaps texting would be more efficient.
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Old 02-09-2009, 09:14 PM   #15
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I was against texting for a long time. I fought it until last year.

I like it because I can get or send a quick note that explains something. I can get it in a meeting and know whats going on, without interupting for a call(silent). My wife uses them for 'reminders' too. I'll ask her to text to remind me about picking up the kids, something I'm supposed to do...

Its also a good way to communicate with people that annoy the shit out of you, but you want to be civilized with and stay on topic.

I also used it some this fall while bow hunting, to pass the time, chatting with my brothers about what we were seeing etc.
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