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How many times do we send a text message every day?

How many times do you see others sending messages?

How often do we use our phones to communicate with others nowadays compared to 10 years ago?

As a result of instant messaging, we as a society are starting to see the death of phone calls, emails and face to face interactions. As a direct impact of this, we are becoming more reliant on computers to communicate in our day to day lives. Instant messaging apps such as iMessage, Snapchat and Facebook Messenger have become extremely popular in recent years.

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When was the last time you had a real phone conversation?

When was the last time you heard about an issue with instant messaging or text message?

We are starting to see texting is taking over our real life social interactions with others and we send messages to people across the room instead of talking to them. We as society are becoming unable to socialize effectively. The advent of these types of programs also opens a gateway for illicit activities to easily take place between minors or minors and adults. We’ve seen many people get in legal trouble recently due to the ability for easy and discrete communication, cough cough Anthony Weiner. Rest in peace 2017.

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When was the last time you heard an advertisement for faster or more mobile data? A billboard?

Instant messaging and texting was accompanied by rise of mobile computing devices such as the iPhone and other android devices. instant messaging also brought about the need for mobile data plans. As a result, high speed data plans have risen in price over the majority of carriers.

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Instant messaging/texting has become a way of life for many of us today and has been extremely popular in recent years and has enabled us to communicate faster and more efficiently. It allows us to send messages to others across the word, transferring information over the internet in seconds.