Does texting improve our Literacy?

What is texting to you? texting to me is a big thing in my life. When I am texting I do not use fully spelled words compared to my mother. I feel as though kids have less time to text than adults due to the comparison in texting. Adults such as my mother usually spell out all the words with correct grammar, but kids like me do not like using correct grammar. I chose this topic due to the fact that in texting we use abbreviations of every word, and it makes me wonder about our literacy when texting. We all know texting has been around for a while, since who know's when. It is a form of writing that we have all grown to love. I love using the 'texting lingo' not fully spelled out words. Texting is a quick way of getting our information out. Although texting is great, is it down playing our literacy?