During the peak hours on CompuServe the chat system is full and will reject you when you try to get on. AOL has so many people chatting that it’s almost impossible to count them … This is a sociological trend that needs closer study. Is there some secret need for this lurking in our collective unconscious? I think it’s time some sociologists take a close look and tell us what it all means.
Predictor: Dvorak, John C.
Prediction, in context:In a 1994 column in PC Magazine, John Dvorak writes: ”The future for online chatting is rosy. During the peak hours on CompuServe the chat system is full and will reject you when you try to get on. AOL has so many people chatting that it’s almost impossible to count them … This is a sociological trend that needs closer study. Is there some secret need for this lurking in our collective unconscious? I think it’s time some sociologists take a close look and tell us what it all means.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1994
Topic of prediction: Communication
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: PC Magazine
Title, headline, chapter name: Sex Online: Shhhh, It’s a Secret
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
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