On Feb 7, 2012, at 10:14 PM, Christopher Forsythe wrote:

> That list is getting pretty long, maybe there's a better way to group them up 
> front other than just a straight up list? "Social Networking" for instance 
> for twitter and facebook.
> 


Here's my proposed reorganization. My goal with this is to help users by first 
letting them pick an identifying group or characteristic and then choose a 
network that suits them and their unique needs.

Google Talk
Google Talk

Social Networking And Also Your Mother
Facebook

Social Networking Your Mother Won't Understand
Twitter

Older Americans
AOL Instant Messeger

Older Europeans? (I'm really not clear on this one)
MSN Messenger
Yahoo! Messenger

Nerds
Jabber
IRC
MobileMe
StatusNet

Nerds At Work
Louts Sametime
Novell GroupWise

Emotionally Unstable & Technologically Obsolete
LiveJournal
MyspaceIM

Polish, Russian, and Middle Eastern
ICQ

Just Polish
Gadu-Gadu

Just Japanese
Yahoo! Japan

Nobody At All
SIP / SIMPLE

Walk Into The Other Room, Lazy Fool
Bonjour


-Evan

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