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Study: 20% of all instant messages are never sent

bigblueball.com — "Bob is typing..." but you never get the IM. A German researcher has found that a full 20% of instant messages are typed but never sent. Then again, maybe we're better off!

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  • solidus636, on 12/08/2007, -0/+2This happens to me all the time. I usually just think they are typing in the wrong tab and just erase what they wrote, but this proves otherwise...
  • khedoros, on 07/31/2009, -0/+2It has always annoyed me a little to have that little typing icon in the corner, and the yellow names (I use Pidgin, and the names turn yellow when the person is stalled in their typing)

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