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The Cultures of Texting In Europe and America

Posted by Zonk on from the thumbs-are-slow dept.

Ponca City, We Love You writes "The cultures of text messaging are very different in Europe and North America, according to an internet sociologist named Danah Boyd. Americans and Canadians have historically paid to receive text messages, but 'all-you-can-eat' data plans are beginning to change that. All-you-can-eat plans are still relatively rare in Europe. When a European youth runs out of texts and can't afford to top up, they simply don't text. But they can still receive texts without cost so they aren't actually kept out of the loop. What you see in Europe is a muffled fluidity of communication, comfortable but not excessive. "

3 of 207 comments (clear)

  1. fuck amime by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Sci-fi is for fags, but it's not nearly as bad as anime.

    Seriously, if you watch anime, you suck at life.

  2. pay for RECEIVING a message? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    What a stupidity!!! Europe 1, USA 0. And fix your stinking credit system, you bastards, because you pull down the rest of the world with you.

  3. Re:First post?? by phantomfive · · Score: 0, Troll

    who is 'they'?

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    Qxe4