Content-Free Friday #215: Instant Messaging

Do you use instant messaging?

	85% (17)	Yes
	0% (0)	I'm not sure what it is
	15% (3)	No

20 voters have answered this question.

Which IM protocols do you have accounts with?

	68% (13)	AOL IM
	52% (10)	Yahoo! IM
	57% (11)	MSN IM
	31% (6)	ICQ
	10% (2)	Jabber other than GoogleTalk or LJ
	52% (10)	GoogleTalk
	0% (0)	Zephyr
	10% (2)	Something else
	0% (0)	No IM services

19 voters have answered this question.

Do you use the chat clients related to specific websites?

	5% (1)	Yes: Myspace Chat
	16% (3)	Yes: Facebook Chat
	5% (1)	Yes: for a dating site (OKCupid, Lavalife, etc)
	11% (2)	Yes: LiveJournal's Jabber account
	0% (0)	Yes, something else
	50% (9)	No, I don't use website-specific chat clients
	27% (5)	I don't actively use them, but I don't disable them, so sometimes I will get a message.

18 voters have answered this question.

If someone IMs you when your status is set to away/busy:

	78% (15)	It doesn't bother me
	5% (1)	It bothers me (tell me who you are so I won't do this to you!)
	10% (2)	I don't use IM
	5% (1)	I can not receive IMs when my status is set to away

19 voters have answered this question.

Do you use a multi-protocol client, that combines all of your accounts into one easy window? (GAIM, Pidgin, Adium, Trillian, etc)

	10% (2)	No, I don't use IM, and this whole poll was a waste of my time!
	10% (2)	No, I only use one chat account
	21% (4)	No, I use the default service client (MSN messenger, Yahoo! instant messager, etc)
	57% (11)	Yes, I use this client:

19 voters have answered this question.