IM is actually the abbreviation of Instant Messaging, which in Chinese means (instant messaging, real-time messaging)
The following are commonly used:
It is reported that Tencent QQ The number of people online at the same time has exceeded the 30 million mark today, reaching 30,242,566 people. Tencent is preparing a grand celebration internally to celebrate this historic moment, and Tencent may hold a grand press conference. 30 million marks Tencent entering the next new stage of development after 20 million, taking off and developing more rapidly. At the same time, we can see the following information.
Data released by Nielsen Internet Research, As of the end of June 2006, the number of U.S. users of the three major IM services were: AIM 47.2 million, MSN/Windows Live Messenger 28 million, and Yahoo Messenger 22.5 million. According to data released by comScore Networks, MSN/Windows Live Messenger has 2.04 million users globally. 100 million users, Yahoo Messenger has 78 million.
It does occupy a very large proportion of the domestic market share, whether it is students or workers. I really liked using it when I was in high school, but later I found that there were more and more advertisements, and it was not easy to remember other people’s IDs, so I slowly abandoned it. Of course, the video function of QQ is indeed very stable, at least much more stable than MSN. Maybe it is used for prostitution for this reason.
It was best to send messages while invisible. MSN did not have this feature at the time.
MSN
In the past, if I didn’t use MSN to turn on the computer, I would feel like there was nothing to do. For a while, I liked using MSN to chat and make friends. There will be no garbled characters in any language, and the other party’s name can be set arbitrarily. Although it does not support opening many MSN IDs at the same time like QQ, excellent software like MSN SHELL can solve this problem. MSN's video chat isn't very good.
I found that many business people use MSN instead of QQ.
YAHOO
Although I have a Yahoo account, not many friends use Yahoo Messenger, so I basically can’t use it. I have installed it before, but I didn’t find any features, so now I can’t use it. Need not. Although you can now send messages to MSN users, it is still not very attractive.
GOOGLE TALK
The reason for using GTALK is very simple. You can know whether there are new emails at any time. Now it is mainly used to communicate with bloggers. Although GTALK is not yet fully functional, I believe Google will improve GTALK in the future. Gtalk's audio chat works very well.
SKYPE
The reason for using Skype is very simple, that is, the voice chat effect is good. It is very popular to use this method to make calls abroad, and you can also send text messages to domestic mobile phones from abroad, and in Chinese. Friends often use Skype to call me, the effect is very good, and the video effect is also good. Although there is a charge for calling, the price is pretty good. Unfortunately, the company banned the use of this software, so I installed it and then deleted it because this software occupied a lot of network resources. But because of its good effect, many small companies use it to hold conference calls.
Now both MSN and Gtalk have two accounts, one for personal matters and the other for dealing with matters other than private matters, such as communication with bloggers. I used to like chatting with others, but since I started working, due to time constraints, I rarely chat. Even if I log in to MSN, I am often invisible