Do you Always turn On your Messenger when you are Online?

I am a yahoo messenger user. And yes, i always have my YM on always, since my hubby lives in another part of the world. I always want to keep it open just incase he's around and he could leave some message. Oftentimes, when im not expecting any important message from anyone, i usually turn it off. Only if im doing some graphic designs, that requires my full attention. I don't usually like anyone buttin in and poppin out on my screen out of nowhere when i was so focus on my artwork. I couldn't help but glare on the screen, like hoping i got magic and make it 'poof!' gone. But i always welcome interrupted message, specially from my friends too. I don't usually give out my ym name, unless i feel that you can be trusted. But my friends understand that when im online, they can talk to me anytime, but usually im more invisible than visible. I just lurk in YM most of the time, while i do busy mylotting. :P

With me it's, uh... marginally different, I suppose? I mean, I'm online everyday like you are. But while I log in to my yahoo, gmail and msn accounts, I'm often logged in as invisible or away because I... am not really a chatty person. Like you, when I'm doing something online, it's kind of a bother for me to talk to someone constantly. I like focusing on what I do so I can finish it faster and go on to the next thing that needs to be done and while I do enjoy chatting to some people, I feel pressured to reply to every single one who sends me a query asking if I'm on, so I opt to become invisible. When I'm invisible, I can have the option to talk only to the people I feel comfortable talking to at that particular moment. It seems a little, uh, mean, I suppose. But I think it's better to not start chatting with someone when I don't have anything to say to them in the first place. Plus, I don't like to leave them hanging by simply not responding, so. Urk. That's often what I do, haha.

I used to back when my husband could IM me at work, and we would sometimes talk to each other on there, but his work does not allow it anymore, so I don't have any reason to turn it on anymore.

I try to leave mine on as much as possible. A lot of people use instant messaging as a way to keep in touch. I don't just use MSN. I use a program called Trillian that allows me to use AIM, ICQ, MSN, and Yahoo all at once. If anyone annoys me on there I just stop talking to them. I don't tend to keep friends with people who annoy me.

Hi friend,Sometimes when I feel bored I turn on my yahoo messenger,times when am very busy in mylot I turn off.In yahoo messenger we have the facility to hide ourselves from online mode to offline when we are busy.so I prefer yahoo messenger.Thanks for sharing.Happy mylotting.

Well, I usually leave my messenger on. Why? If your browsing the internet, and you get a new message, you can talk to your freinds while doing something else. This is great, because it prevents you from getting bored on the internet :) NOTE: If you leave it on, but are away from your computer, this is not always good. You see, your friend might be talking to you *or TRYING to talk to you* but since you are away from your computer, you can't talk. They might think that you are ignoring them, and can lead to arguments later. That's my advice!

When I was younger, I used to have all of my messengers turned on all the time when I was online. The only time I didn't use them is if I was angry at someone and didn't feel like talking to them or anyone else at the time. However since I've gotten into college, I may have my messenger on but I don't always turn it so people can see that I am online. That way, I won't be attacked by people all the time. I mean after a long day with classes and stuff I'm not too interested in talking to a lot of people.

I used to do that as well. Turn on all my different messengers whenever I go online. But I rarely do that now a days. To me, the messenger is taking up way too much valuable space running in the background. Unless I know for sure that a friend is going to be online, we would be better off chatting via emails. But of late, after upgrading my PC, I am starting to run it again. I just log in and leave the messenger on. After coming out to work for quite a while, we are all no longer as active on the messenger as we used to be when were students. Heh heh...

Yes! i have my gtalk ( for money making) on all the time when I'm online! And i keep getting messages at the rate of one every 3 mints! Some times some of the visitors of my blog talk to me when I'm online, some times i get messages saying that i got paid by some sites (very rare these days) , or saying that i got a new referral in mylot etc...

I always turn on my Yahoo Messenger, but I put up the sign "You can send me a message" he he he...because sometimes I'm cooking or doing other stuff or I'm not in the mood to chat...gladly nobody has ever really bothered me he he he...

I use MSN and AIM messengers and I turn them on because AIM has a lot of people that I like to talk to and MSN is the place that I get my email updates and a lot of people that I used to know well sometimes talk to me, so it is a great catch-up. No one nudges me, because I just shout at them and if that doesn't work then I block them. I tried Yahoo messenger, but that did not last as I did not like it and no one I knew used it.

i always do that..ma friends would wanna be in online with me often...so i always have the habit of turning it on..mine is yahoo messenger..i keep changing ma chat messengers to skype for few days...MSN and windows live so on..

i just think its enoying when all your friends write to you so it's not often i logg on

no ,sometimes i only wonne look up my mails not in the mood to talk but that is not often

Yeah. In fact, I use MSN, Y! and AIM all the time because I have diffrent people on all three messengers. Though rather then installing three separate ones, I just install Trillian, and it can run them all for me. Overall the greatest program I've ever used.

i have yahoo messenger. i log in everyday but its invissible to everyone.its just a quick check then log out.i dont have much time to chat coz i dont have habbit of "i´ll do it later on" of my daily works.i need to finish my work first before i chat online.but if i have offline message yes or some important to chat yes i am visible to that friend.

I just do it sometimes because i have no one to talk to during the time that i do Mylotting and other stuffs.I don't have anyone to talk online that has same time as we have.All of my friends and relatives are from my country and its not the same time as ours.

No! I spend a lot of time on line but not always I turn on msn! Sometime I like explore the web within disturb! (sorry for my bad english :-(

my msn will be automatically on when i am online. it's the best way to keep in touch with my long distance friends and family. besides, i treat it as a 5 mins break whenever i m bored at work in the office.

yes, i do always logon to YM when i'm online, especially nowadays. i'm trying to help prepare for the wedding of my friends - the bride is in japan right now while the groom is in germany and they will be getting married here in the philippines. YM has been a very convenient tool for us throughout this process. =)