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Instant Messaging and Chat-Rooms
Instant messaging became wildly popular around 1996 and spread even more with AOL in 1997. The concept behind IM is that it is a way of quick communication between two people due to tools such as knowing when messages are seen or knowing when others are online. Many social media sites have integrated IM into their sites as ways to spread communication. Chat Rooms are very similar, only they are messages to a group of people. Chat rooms are often public; meaning that you can send a message and anyone can freely join the “room” and view the message as well as respond.