Re: Getting chatty

At 7:04 AM -0700 25/4/99, William Loughborough wrote:
>I wonder if by the time we figure this out and do something about it
>that "chatting" will be a regular function like using the internet to
>make phone calls, only a bit more elaborate?  I have never been able to
>"chat" for more than about thirty seconds and find it hard to believe
>that so many people out there do it or that anyone would want to.

Chat has been a function of online communications for a long time.  Whether
you find chats useful or enjoyable depends a lot on the participants. On
average, crowded rooms get annoying, but I've had a couple of good chats in
rooms with 2 to 6 people in them.

Chatting online can be a good communication tool, and I think everyone
should have the option of using one.  Finding a good place to chat is a
different and difficult problem.

Lynn

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Received on Tuesday, 27 April 1999 01:49:51 UTC