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MOTHERWELL
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Feb 7, 2008, 01:14 AM
 
Looking at the screenshots thread I noticed some people have buddy lists with 50+ people in them.

I am just wondering how well you know the people that are in your buddy list? I have about 20 people in my list, and I really only talk to about 5 of them.

I would like to have more people on the list though! I hardly ever use the iChat AV features...
     
starman
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Feb 7, 2008, 01:22 AM
 
Too many people on your AIM list can be a bad thing. Pop. Pop. Pop. Pop. Pop. I keep mine very limited.

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iranfromthezoo
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Feb 7, 2008, 01:26 AM
 
I have about 150 people on my list, I normally on a average day talk to about 15 of those people daily.
     
- - e r i k - -
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Feb 7, 2008, 01:48 AM
 
I don't know many people with AIM/iChat. Only one I talk pretty regular with. The other one is work related.

I have 182 people on my MSN list though.

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zro
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Feb 7, 2008, 02:14 AM
 
I haven't used an IM client in a couple of years...

Under 10 nicks, that's for sure.
     
SSharon
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Feb 7, 2008, 11:13 AM
 
I have about 230 on my list and although I don't talk to all of them regularly, I chat with most of them at least once in a while or see there away message every few days just to get an idea of what's up with them.
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Oisín
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Feb 7, 2008, 11:15 AM
 
I have no idea how many people I have on my buddy lists (I use Adium and just have them all jumbled up together, so I don’t really know who’s MSN, who’s AIM, and who’s other stuff), but I only open the app about once a month, so it doesn’t make that much of a difference.

I interact via forums a lot more than IM.
     
vexborg
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Feb 7, 2008, 11:32 AM
 
<Pathetic>Well, I haven't got anybody to chat to </Pathetic>
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IceEnclosure
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Feb 7, 2008, 12:00 PM
 
I've got like 200, really only talk to about 10-15 daily. I've got at least 20 people's phone numbers on here, I regularly send SMS messages to people from my iChat all day long.
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Feb 7, 2008, 12:29 PM
 
I've got about 150.
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turtle777
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Feb 7, 2008, 01:16 PM
 
I've got Elvis as an iChat Buddy.

Just in case you wondered if he's still alive...

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goMac
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Feb 7, 2008, 01:22 PM
 
I used to have 250 and I started to narrow it down when I ran out of space and couldn't add more buddies. I have them grouped now so they're easier to deal with.
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sek929
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Feb 7, 2008, 01:50 PM
 
I stopped using all IM services because they're pointless for me. Last time I checked I probably had 300 SNs.

I amassed most of the names in HS, now the only people I care about are those I see on a semi-regular basis.
     
mdc
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Feb 7, 2008, 02:08 PM
 
I have about 15 different people and chat to about 5 of them fairly regularly; the rest I hardly ever see online.
     
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Feb 7, 2008, 02:17 PM
 
I've go 10, which includes AIM and GTalk.
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Feb 7, 2008, 02:20 PM
 
53 friends
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33 uncategorized

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Judge_Fire
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Feb 7, 2008, 02:20 PM
 
We use AIM at work, so that easily populates list. Unlike email, I haven't (yet) separated work and other stuff, but it really doesn't bother me. Over 150 in my list, too.
     
OwlBoy
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Feb 7, 2008, 04:13 PM
 


I use Adium, so these are split over many networks. For some contacts I have multiple screennames entered and merged into one entity. So those numbers would be much higher without doing that. And the count would go down a tad if I weeded out contacts I have never talked to, ones that got added from spam messages, etc.



Also, you can turn off the sounds starman

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imitchellg5
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Feb 7, 2008, 06:33 PM
 
I know most everyone pretty good on my list. Most of them I talk to fairly often too. But my list is pretty small.
     
iranfromthezoo
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Feb 7, 2008, 06:52 PM
 
haha I'm on your buddy list and actually listening to the song that is showing on your buddy list..
     
imitchellg5
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Feb 7, 2008, 07:41 PM
 
Originally Posted by iranfromthezoo View Post
haha I'm on your buddy list and actually listening to the song that is showing on your buddy list..
Oooh, scary. Ha ha.
     
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Feb 7, 2008, 08:31 PM
 
You are just showing off that you have John Gruber on your list

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Oisín
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Feb 7, 2008, 08:42 PM
 
Who? This guy?

Never heard of him.
     
   
 
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