Pretty Soon You Won't Be Able To Turn It Off At All!

摘要

Instant messaging was a pretty simple concept when it was first developed. Whether we're talking about SMS text messaging on mobile phones or instant messaging on the wired Internet, the basic idea was a simple, quick way for people to talk to each other. Of course, that was the basic idea behind the telephone, too. And, just as the telephone eventually led to telemarketing, it seems the evolutionary pinnacle of instant messaging is the ability to remotely annoy people when they least expect it.