A site I have been reading for a while now is Messenger Stuff, another Windows Live Messenger related community and blog. One thing I like about their blog posts is there are quite a few opinion posts, and not just all repeated news.
absorbation writes about chain messages over Windows Live Messenger, those messages that instruct you to send it on to 50 people in 7 seconds or else your dog will die:
I get a message, from someone I have not spoke to in months saying:
“if you love your MUM then send this to TEN people unless your mum will hav an ACC DENT Tonight OR Tomorrow send bac”
How did I reply? Like every geek does, by complaining about the reasoning behind sending one. And the reply I got was on the lines of: I agree, but my mom could die.
I agree with the post entirely, some chain e-mail messages justify their existence occasionally by being funny or cute, but chain messages over instant messaging are pointless and stupid.
If you get a chain IM, perhaps think about whether or not it is worthwhile sending on. Is it blatantly a load of lies? Ignore it! It’s just going to annoy more and more people.
