Instant Messaging

[JonesAlex1981]

Is it just me, or have IM apps like trillian, allowed people to be ruder? I have had my trillian screen name up, since joining the group. I have met some nice people on trillian off of this message board, But I have increasingly found and talked to people who just stop responding in the middle of the conversation and sign off. staying logged in all the time, so you have no idea if they are there or not, and when you send multiple Hello? messages, say every couple of hours or something, not like every 5 minutes, but maybe one in the morning, and one in the afternoon, and one at night. they get upset with you, as if you are somehow able to figure out if they are there or not.

Does anyone actually sign in, talk, say goodbye if they have to leave, and sign off anymore?