the communications-commitment continuum
From most committing to least:
- face to face conversation
- phone call
- online chat
- facebook message
- text message
- getting “poked”
And from an IM:
(04:04:03 PM) dana: haha, i love it
(04:04:11 PM) chizanger: so a poke is like, a really low commitment thingy that says, “remember me?”
November 1st, 2007 at 7:35 am
I think text message deserves to be higher, probably between phone call and online chat. A text is sent directly to another’s cell phone, which is assumed to be carried at all times–a personal, instant reach out.