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# We're All Walking Live Chats
- URL: https://birchtree.me/blog/were-all-walking-live-chats/
- Published: 2022-05-31T22:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-05-31T22:00:00.000Z
- Author: Matt Birchler
- Tags: Links, #Import 2023-06-01 22:41, #Import 2025-03-29 19:29

[Arielle Pardes: It's Time to Bring Back the AIM Away Message](https://www.wired.com/story/bring-back-the-aim-away-message/?ref=birchtree.me)

> Which is that asynchronous messaging is real-time chat now. We are always on. That clear plastic corded phone that dialed-up and signed me on has morphed into the world’s most powerful pocket computer that also happens to make phone calls. Provided we’re in range of cell service or Wi-Fi, we can be reached at literally any time. The dreaded ellipsis—the dot dot dot as someone types a response—has made us captive audiences. We are all walking live chats.

This resonated hard.