Anyone with an instant messenger account has done this at least once before. Inviting friends to a chat room. But have you ever had a chat room with over 3 people and keep it from going into chaos of random statements? If you have that problem a lot, then you need to read this.
First before the conversation begins, you need to decide on an instant messenger. I use both MSN and AIM. For chat rooms, I prefer AIM because MSN is able to send small animation clips as smiles and if spammed, can lag up the chat room. So lets say you’re in AIM and you see your friends list. Look at all the people there that you may know in real life, or have really gotten to know over time of IM’s, phone calls, etc.
But anyone with AIM knows the legendary annoying noise that is dubbed in whenever messages are sent and received. It’s like the car horn of the Internet, but a little friendlier. To fix that, just go into the settings and browse through until you find IM sound settings and turn that off. Or you can always turn your sound off!
Make a mental note of the ones that are mature enough to be able to stop being annoying when you ask. Now first pick two people that you like most than the others on the list and invite them to a group conversation. Start up a conversation and get them into it but don’t tell then that you’re going to be inviting more people.
Don’t make the conversation personal or about someone’s relationship because it could cause fights and create chaos. When you guys get into a conversation, invite one more person. They’ll come in the middle of the conversation and be confused, so everyone will explain the subject or start an entire new one.
Continue this until you’ve reached a good amount of people. If you get the right amount of people you can have interesting conversations and maybe even meet new friends from other people inviting new chat room members. Just be sure to tell them to not invite too many because a spam room isn’t fun.
3 comments:
I liked the fact that I could relate to your paper. I'm not a huge fan of chat rooms just simply because of the chaos that can be caused but it can at times actually be an interesting time, talking to new people and just having your friends there all at once. I also liked the part where you talked about that AIM sound, I know exactly what you're talking about, it's actually hard to explain in words though what it sounds like. I really enjoyed reading your paper and can relate to it. Good job!
Your paper is very easy to relate to. Many people talk to friends and what not through AIM. Chat rooms allow you to meet other people from around the country that your friends know.
Nice job setting up the reader for possible setbacks. You anticipate issues they might have and advise them about how to avoid them. Clearly your peers can relate to your information.
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