I really wonder what life before MSN was. As far as I can remember chating online became really popular in the last 5-6 years or so. For chronically reticent people like me, MSN was a saviour. But then, now that I think of it, I did have a pretty good social life even before MSN came to me. Oddly enough 'online chatting' closed me up. Its probably one of the disadvantages of having a long distance relationship. You spend more time with your PC than with real people around you.
And yet, I am grateful for this wonderful invention :) I love using smiley's and silly icons. Abbreviated words annoy me completely (simply because it takes me ages to actually read and understand them). Yes, I hate people who use SMS language on me. What happened to good ol' English?! Good grammar is an art. Not that I claim to have perfected that art, but I'm hoping to get there.
Anyways, with all the silly tests floating around in cyberspace, I decided to take a test on MSN knowledge. I answered only 6/12 questions correctly. So, let me know enlighten you.
MSN stands for Microsoft Network and acts as an ISP only in one country - America. America Online is the only ISP in the US which has more users than MSN (wow!). 110 million users around the world use Hotmail - which was launched on America's Independence Day -the 4th of July. Hotmail was bought by Microsoft for $400 million in 1997. MSN messenger was first introduced in 1999.
So much for trivia.
I've read so many papers and articles about how online chatting is 'ruining' the world. Though I may tend to agree with a couple of those views, I also think MSN undoubtedly revolutionised communication and made the world smaller. Living miles away from my family and friends, it is the only gateway to my past, to people I know and love. And for that, I am grateful.
This is probably one of the random-est blogs I have ever written ;-)
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