[justinmarsan]

IM and Phone call feel the exact same to me, except IM enables you to show your availability status to the people you're connected to.

< 30 minutes : IM if I'm available, if else call

2 hours : IM if away/busy, if else text

...

If someone appears as available and online and takes a day to answer my question, I'm not sure how I'd take it but it would piss me off.

On a sidenote, I think email is best suited for "when you're done with whatever you're doing' kind of timeframes due to the "mark as unread" which would prevent me from forgetting to reply if I decide to read what I received, realized I can't/don't want to answer right now.

[stollercyrus]

I see what you're saying. Unfortunately, I'm not good about making sure my away status is up to date. I'll often go a whole day, saying I'm away, even though I'm available.