There has been much speculation as to the origins of the religious endonym from this practice. Judah Segal (1963) argued that the term SÄbi'Å«n derives from the Syriac root s-b-' , referring to conversion through submersion.
Advantages & Disadvantages of Instant Messaging in Business. Instant messaging can help or hurt your business. Jupiterimages/Photos.com/Getty Images. Instant messaging allows people to use Internet chat conversations to relay information back and forth in real time. It is often used as a social networking tool, but many companies also use instant messaging as part of their daily business routine.
For Facebook to do more with Messenger and make it a service users cannot avoid, it is imperative to get as many people logged into the service and using the dedicated app as possible, which is why it is closing off access to chat via other routes.