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I Save My Instant Messages

While cruising through the Web reading about the Mark Foley scandal, I've seen several people say something to the effect of, "who saves IMs anyway?"

I've saved every IM and virtual chat room discussion I've been in since 2000. Why? Sometimes I've wanted to go back and revisit things that were said, particularly when they were funny or intelligent. I don't see anything particularly odd about this.

Assuming the boy with whom Mr. Foley was chatting valued the conversation, it doesn't strike me as odd if he saved it. The question then becomes, was the value in saving it for personal remembrance or for public revelation?

Posted by drizzten on October 3, 2006 02:36 PM |

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