I agree with what you try to do Lupestripe. I'm rarely on the computer but have all im's, tweets, txts and emails sent to my blackberry. I have noticed that lots of tweets never seem to make it to my phone so it seems that I'm ignoring people but haven't figured out if it is more a twitter or tmobile problem. I do use my instant messenger a lot while at work and usually tell people upfront that I may disappear unexpectedly from time to time as on-call work interferes with fun but I do try to at least give them a brb or bbl. The other disadvantage to IM on the blackberry is that it seems to reset frequently and lose my status msg so it looks like I'm always available. I've had a few furs complain that I never responded to their 5am call *lol* We do need to be more polite and show some common sense etiquette and the net seems to be on a downhill slide in that regard.