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AOL Tests Video Instant Messaging
An anonymous coward writes "AOL, which only last week asked the FCC to forget about some of those mandatory restrictions put into place in order to clear its merger with Time Warner, apparently isn't wasting any time. In a move that circumvents government-imposed limitations on "advanced" multimedia services, Instant Messaging Planet is reporting that AOL has already started beta testing video messaging services with "push-to-talk" and "record-and-forward" features."
SeXygrl4u:Hi, I'm Cindy and I just got a digital camera. I took some REALLY hot photos of myself. Come see my webcam at http://www.goatse.cx.com!!
Well, now imagine the IM of the future.....
(cue video of fat balding man in a blonde wig and a schoolgirl's outfit. (voice of man talking in heavy N.Y. accent)
SeXygrl4u:"Yo, I'm Cindy, and i just got a new camera to take some freakin pictures with. Check them out on my site OR ELSE! There's some really hot pictures of me playing with my girlfriends. Together, we are some of the hottest teens on the WEB!"
Innovation indeed..............
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"Hi!! I'm a 14 y/o cheerleader lookin' to cyber. Wanna videochat?"
[Goatse guy comes on screen.]
"Ahhhh!"
AOL's gonna need a puke emoticon or two.
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Ever since all the hype about video phones, I've been ready for this. I bought costumes and backdrops and everything. DAMN THE CONSUMERS FOR THERE SLOW ADAPTION OF CLEARLY SUPERIOR TECHNOLOGY!
No, I'm serious I've been waiting for this.
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Agreed. Hopefully they do learn, and we get those features immediately rather than slowly degrading into it.
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Maybe I'll actualy enjoy receiving porno spam IMs.
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Now I can figure out how "LOLOLOL!!!!!!11" is pronounced! Is it "lahlahlahl" or "ell oh ell oh ell oh ell"?
>That degraded into a place of seeing countless people jerking off, flashing and other lude acts.
And where may I find these 'meetings?'
I'd say it's less "big government" and more "Welcome to CorpWorld, today's special is three senators for a million dollars, Republican or Democrat!"
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There is an "Instant Messaging Planet" web page. Now I'm off to search for that elusive technology reporting website, "POTS Handset World"!
So, what I guess this means for the online world is that, now, 15 year olds will have to find a way of saying "Lol LOLz! ROFLMAO" in a video world? Plus, most of the time when I use an IM client, I don't want people to look at me - just rolled out of bed or something. Nah, it's not gonna work.
I've kept my AOL around. Lots of reasons I guess, most of the other users make me feel smart, most of the college hotties in town use it, too lazy to change my email on the legit subscriptions I have, makes a nice spam catcher so I can protect my other email, but mostly it's the college hotties use it.
AOL has come a LONG way since I started using it (AOL 2.0 for DOS). Thanks for the tip on the new build, I've been in the BETA group since, um... seems like forever... but I didn't know Blue Hawaii was a new build and probably never would of checked it.
Did I mention that college hotties use it?
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