Comment Oh to chat (Score 1) 44
What about the idea of something like There or the more real-life-like MMORPGs serving as a sort of enhanced chat room? Yes, I know, they're like that already. But I'll never sign up for it because I'm not really interested in meeting new people--I have enough trouble keeping up with the people in my real life.
And that's exactly what would be missing from There (for me)--the people in my real life. I don't use IM to meet new people--I use it to talk to the people I already know (or meet in real life). It would be absolutely fantastic to interact with those people I know in real life in a world like There--I could think of some fun shit to do with friends. Plus like the article indicates, why talk on the phone with someone when you could hangout in a tropical forest or on a castle in the sky?
If the price came down sharply that might be possible...
And that's exactly what would be missing from There (for me)--the people in my real life. I don't use IM to meet new people--I use it to talk to the people I already know (or meet in real life). It would be absolutely fantastic to interact with those people I know in real life in a world like There--I could think of some fun shit to do with friends. Plus like the article indicates, why talk on the phone with someone when you could hangout in a tropical forest or on a castle in the sky?
If the price came down sharply that might be possible...
