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Poll: Teens use IMs to avoid embarrassment

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  • Poll: Many teens use IMs for things they wouldn't say in person
  • Twenty-two percent use IMs to ask people out on dates or accept them
  • Thirteen percent use them to break up
  • Adults outdo teens in one IM activity -- online shopping
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