Do you find ICQ to be a distraction? - GoFuckYourself.com

Sly_RJ · 09-08-2004, 06:12 PM

I'm thinking about leaving ICQ off during "non-business hours". Even when I'm not talking to someone over ICQ it seems to be a distraction just sitting there open and alive. It must be a mental thing. I know that when I stopped opening up AIM every morning I got more work done, now it's been months since I've used AIM and I email those people I need/want to talk to instead of checking my list every 3 minutes to see if they're online.

Any input?

AndrewKanuck · 09-08-2004, 06:14 PM

Any IM system is a distraction - I find myself having to hide them when something urgent needs tending too; and sometimes even music will distract me if I haven't slept enough

PrivateIvy · 09-08-2004, 06:18 PM

I started shutting down ICQ when I'm working and I only open it up when I need to contact someone. Too many people just want to chit chat...

Ivy

gornyhuy · 09-08-2004, 06:27 PM

Same, I just hang out on 'invisible' most of the time. Kind of like screening your calls with an answering machine.

Sly_RJ · 09-08-2004, 06:36 PM

I've actually been sticking to N/A for over a year now and it has helped, but there still seems to be some mental stigma when it's open and running. I feel like I need to check it every now and then just for the hell of it, or I delay starting something because I'm expecting a message from someone.

Think I'm about to shut it off. Will turn it back on in the morning. Anyone need hosting just email me at [email protected]

ProjectNaked · 09-08-2004, 06:57 PM

Who's ICQ, Sounds like a prick!

zentz · 09-08-2004, 07:07 PM

turn it off

NaughtyAlysha · 09-08-2004, 07:09 PM

I've been leaving it off more and more lately. Too many people just want to have small talk.

Alex · 09-08-2004, 07:10 PM

No, i need it on all day.

Not a lot of people deal through email so they use ICQ and i need it to be on, it helps my with business

The Heron · 09-08-2004, 07:14 PM

Only when I am trying to jerk off...

fr8 · 09-08-2004, 08:11 PM

Its who you talk to that makes it a distration I think. If you regulate who you talk to when your on it then you should be ok.

AlienQ - BANNED FOR LIFE · 09-08-2004, 08:12 PM

Absolutly...

sickkittens · 09-08-2004, 08:13 PM

I guess it's kind of a distraction. I find myself clicking on it for no apparent reason.

Doctor Dre · 09-08-2004, 08:21 PM

It is most of the time but it's part of this business :P I wouldn't work without it

Zerof8 · 09-08-2004, 08:23 PM

it just gets annoying sometime.
Uh o
knock knock

phogirl69 · 09-08-2004, 08:39 PM

I get messages from weird people or "bots" all the time... I don't even know if it's a person or a bot, but just weird people from countries like Turkey and Russia just msg me out of the blue.. and I just automatically put them all on ignore. One weirdo even asked me "What are you doing tonight?" and I was like "WTF, Do I know you? If I don't know you and it's not business/webmaster related, pls don't talk to me."

09-08-2004, 06:12 PM	#1
Sly_RJ Live Hard - Die Hard Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Ready to leave... Posts: 17,042	Do you find ICQ to be a distraction? I'm thinking about leaving ICQ off during "non-business hours". Even when I'm not talking to someone over ICQ it seems to be a distraction just sitting there open and alive. It must be a mental thing. I know that when I stopped opening up AIM every morning I got more work done, now it's been months since I've used AIM and I email those people I need/want to talk to instead of checking my list every 3 minutes to see if they're online. Any input? __________________ PHAT SERVERS - Quality dedicated hosting at a quality price! sly AT phatservers DOT com - 147479144

09-08-2004, 06:14 PM	#2
AndrewKanuck Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Cleveland & Atlanta Posts: 6,706	Any IM system is a distraction - I find myself having to hide them when something urgent needs tending too; and sometimes even music will distract me if I haven't slept enough __________________

09-08-2004, 06:27 PM	#4
gornyhuy Chafed. Join Date: May 2002 Location: Face Down in Pussy Posts: 18,041	Same, I just hang out on 'invisible' most of the time. Kind of like screening your calls with an answering machine. __________________ icq:159548293

09-08-2004, 06:36 PM	#5
Sly_RJ Live Hard - Die Hard Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Ready to leave... Posts: 17,042	I've actually been sticking to N/A for over a year now and it has helped, but there still seems to be some mental stigma when it's open and running. I feel like I need to check it every now and then just for the hell of it, or I delay starting something because I'm expecting a message from someone. Think I'm about to shut it off. Will turn it back on in the morning. Anyone need hosting just email me at [email protected] __________________ PHAT SERVERS - Quality dedicated hosting at a quality price! sly AT phatservers DOT com - 147479144

09-08-2004, 07:07 PM	#7
zentz Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 8,053	turn it off __________________ Programs that owe me money ---- Epassporte.com ~ $2700 \| Protraffic.com ~ $2600 \| XonDemand.com ~ $3000 Email: [email protected]

09-08-2004, 06:18 PM	#3
PrivateIvy Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 4,257	I started shutting down ICQ when I'm working and I only open it up when I need to contact someone. Too many people just want to chit chat... Ivy

09-08-2004, 06:57 PM	#6
ProjectNaked Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Detroit Areola Posts: 4,309	Who's ICQ, Sounds like a prick!

09-08-2004, 07:09 PM	#8
NaughtyAlysha Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Tampa Bay, FL Posts: 1,843	I've been leaving it off more and more lately. Too many people just want to have small talk. __________________ ExtremeBank.com, the EXTREME program for NaughtyAlysha.com.

09-08-2004, 07:10 PM	#9
Alex So Fucking Banned (YEA!!) Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 10,963	No, i need it on all day. Not a lot of people deal through email so they use ICQ and i need it to be on, it helps my with business __________________ Care about me? Who? Me! Who?

09-08-2004, 07:14 PM	#10
The Heron Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Michigan Posts: 4,486	Only when I am trying to jerk off...

09-08-2004, 08:11 PM	#11
fr8 Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 5,074	Its who you talk to that makes it a distration I think. If you regulate who you talk to when your on it then you should be ok. __________________ █ joesmut (a) gmail Dot com █ Full Stack Developer

09-08-2004, 08:12 PM	#12
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09-08-2004, 08:13 PM	#13
sickkittens I am a meat popsicle. Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,100	I guess it's kind of a distraction. I find myself clicking on it for no apparent reason. __________________ HIGHEST PAYOUTS FOR NO-CONSOLE TOURS IN THE ENTIRE INDUSTRY! THIS SIG CAN BE YOURS FOR $200 - ICQ: 78881543

09-08-2004, 08:23 PM	#15
Zerof8 Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Kansas City Posts: 1,245	it just gets annoying sometime. Uh o knock knock __________________ SIG TOO BIG! Maximum 120x60 button and no more than 3 text lines of DEFAULT SIZE and COLOR. Unless your sig is for a GFY top banner sponsor, you may use a 624x80 instead of a 120x60. Let me repeat... A 120 x 60 button and no more that 3 lines of DEFAULT SIZE AND COLOR text.

09-08-2004, 08:39 PM	#16
phogirl69 Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,330	I get messages from weird people or "bots" all the time... I don't even know if it's a person or a bot, but just weird people from countries like Turkey and Russia just msg me out of the blue.. and I just automatically put them all on ignore. One weirdo even asked me "What are you doing tonight?" and I was like "WTF, Do I know you? If I don't know you and it's not business/webmaster related, pls don't talk to me."