<p>I'm just curious what you guys think about this since I've often thought about it. </p>
<p>We can call, text, email, im, Facebook message/inbox thing, Facebook wall post, Facebook chat, etc. </p>
<p>Sometimes when I have to ask or tell a friend something, I wonder which one I should use. It becomes pretty difficult for me to differentiate a situation from another in which one medium of communication would be used over another. </p>
<p>If my friend's online on Facebook, should I write on his/her wall? chat them? Then I think...wait. why would I do one of those when I can just text them. That way they'll be sure to see it soon, respond soon, and I don't have to share it with the world. Or maybe I should just call them because I feel to lazy to type something out on the qwerty!!!!</p>
<p>Point is, there are too many ways to contact someone. In a lot of ways this is a great thing, but it just gets so difficult to decide how to contact someone. </p>
<p>SO, what is your favorite way to contact someone? Is it based on your level of friendship with that person (i.e., good friend = call/text, semi-friend = FB wall post)???</p>
<p>If it’s just a quick message, a quick quip about something, or need to mass message, I’ll use facebook. If I just want to chat, I’ll use AIM. If I want to have a quick back and forth conversation, or plan something, I’llcall the person/people.</p>
<p>I don’t have texting, so that eliminates that one… </p>
<p>And, I usually decide on which method of communication to use by the importance of the information I need to convey, or in some cases, the amount. </p>
<p>File for some project/school/etc. - Email.
Casual question, like wondering if they want to hang out - (in order… like, which I would do first, and then the next one is if the first one doesn’t work, etc.) FB chat, call, voicemail, IM using AIM/Yahoo/MSN, FB wall
Super random stuff like, “Hey, I thought you might like to see this band or whatever” - FB chat, FB wall </p>
<p>If I don’t know a person very well, then I’ll probably go straight to FB wall… unless we’re working on like a school project or something.</p>
<p>If it’s something relevant to school or anything important, then I will call or email the person. If it’s just something I thought I’d mention to them, like a band or something pertaining to that, then I would text them. I don’t have Facebook so that eliminates one of my means of communication.</p>
<p>Lol, what a strange topic. I’ll make a pseudo flow chart.</p>
<p>Are both parties online?
– (Use fb chat, aim, etc.)</p>
<p>Is the message short?
– Do I need a quick response? Is the message important?
----- (Text)
– Is it just something fun that can wait?
----- (fb wall post)</p>
<p>Is the message long?
– Does it regard a group project? Is it so important that a hard copy is needed of the message?
----- (email)
– Am I complaining? Does it have zero importance?
----- (fb wall post)</p>
<p>Do I want to have a conversation?
– (call)</p>
<p>Lol, so that’s what I’ve been using facebook for.</p>
<p>I don’t chat at all or initiate texting, so usually those two are out for me.</p>
<p>FB message: Sometimes a preliminary method if something is urgent, but usually just something fun.</p>
<p>Call: If it’s urgent, if I have already posted on FB and waited for a response, if I have time for a conversation (I can never get off the phone in an hour, and I’m usually on for about 3), if I want to have a conversation (But I really never call “just to talk”).</p>
<p>Email: This was my primary method of communication for several years with my friends. We emailed each other 5-20 times a day, and usually it was on the higher side. Currently, I basically only use it to send documents for group projects and for special requests that could be sent via FB Messages.</p>
<p>FB Messaging: For private stuff or sometimes to send lab results to chem partners or something like that. It’s sometimes and easier way to communicate urgent messages for group projects since a lot of people check FB more than their email.</p>