Things One Needs to Consider when BBMing
PING!?!
So, you`ve been pinged. How long should you take to respond?
Response Time
Some people are honestly too busy and don’t have their blackberry attached to their hip like others. Patience is a virtue use must use before creating a fight with the other BBM user. He and or she will eventually message you back because they know you know they`ve seen your BBM message.
Contact List
Do I speak to the contact daily, weekly, monthly, or rarely ever? Just like Facebook, you will be amazed by how many people you don`t talk to on a regular basis. You even forget that you have some of them still on your contact list. It`s perfectly acceptable to do a BBM clean up from time to time. If the other person is upset that you deleted them off your contact list, just tell them that BBM messaging goes both ways. It`s not high school anymore. Keep your BBM contact list low.
Respecting Online BBM Status
Unless it`s an emergency, it`s best to not contact BBM users that say they`re unavailable or busy on their BBM status. It`s rude and annoying if you ignore their statuses. You may be the reason why BBM users put their status as busy 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.