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Friends Swap Twitters, and Frustration

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the argh-i-don't-care-what-you're-doing dept.

WSJdpatton writes "The growth of services like Twitter and Dodgeball, which tie together instant messaging, social networking and wireless communication, elicits mixed feelings in the technology-savvy people who have been their early adopters. Fans say they are a good way to keep in touch with busy friends. But some users are starting to feel 'too' connected, as they grapple with check-in messages at odd hours, higher cellphone bills and the need to tell acquaintances to stop announcing what they're having for dinner."

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  1. Re:Charged for a text? by Lumpy · · Score: 2, Informative

    Yes all the Wireless carriers gleefully charge extra for recieving SMS messages. The level of corperate greed here on the wireless networks is unparalleled elsewhere in the world.

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  2. Gaim, email forwarding. by twitter · · Score: 2, Informative

    Gaim unites your IM world. Email forwarding, such as provided by the free software foundation, routes your email to whatever friendly name your ISP gave you. Or you could just give them a gmail address.

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    Friends don't help friends install M$ junk.