Filipino are Texters Freak

Written by julius on February 22, 2008 – 12:21 am -

Texting refers to the abbreviated form of writing used on mobile phones and pagers with tiny screens and keyboards. It is typing and sending people very short message using the SMS (short messaging service), it is cheaper and often more convenient than actually calling everyone you know. You can send the same text message to multiple people so the technology can be used to reach many people at once, so it takes less time. You can even access somebody no matter where they are at work, at home, or they’re walking down the street.

Here in the Philippines, text messaging helped topple a government in 2001. SMS messages directed 700,000 demonstrators to Manila’s People Power Shrine to demand the removal of the former President Joseph E. Estrada, who stepped down in favor of his vice president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. The 2004 election also saw SMS-used to try to influence votes including hoax that Arroyo has fleeing the country.

Every generation has its own technology. Young people discovered SMS and made it theirs. Text is really driving all the people especially the youngster who love the idea of doing something a little bit secret. It’s really very much a young person’s communication. Its popularity took all network operators by surprise.

Texting has been an “accidental revolution” and a purely costumer-driven. Texting is an extremely intimate medium and give you the ability to share moments with people – that’s one of the joys of texting.

I have three reasons why texting is very popular in our country. The first one is of course it is cheaper than making voice calls. The second is that we Filipinos love to keep in touch with everybody that we almost know. Constantly, that goes to the people in Manila, but even more for those who are in the Provinces or in abroad. Almost all of the people here in our country are working overseas, and for them texting is the cheapest way to communicate with their families at home. And thirdly, we Filipinos love to meet new people and texting gives us the opportunity to do so. What can I say it has become a part of my everyday life.