I was reading Just a Gwai Lo which I do when ever it shows up in my referrer list and came up this question. A lot of people seem to spend a lot of time on IM but I don’t. I’m curious how much other people chat. Seems some do it a lot.

So how many people are on your buddy list for IM?

I have 6. My wife, my father, my best friend and his wife, my one co-worker with an .Mac account and Ray.

In addition to how many people are on your list, I’d like to know how often you talk to them. I talk to my wife the most and my best friend often. My dad and Ray occasionally. My co-worker when I have a Cocoa question at night. My friend’s wife almost never.

I just don’t spend a lot of time on iChat, though it is open all the time. I use it to transfer files from my two work machines.