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The evolution of chat forums
I'm new to them and I like them. Is the reason they've gained popularity because of the decline of the chat room? I used to use chat rooms on yahoo like 7 years ago. Now I'm on there at it is all spam bots and webcam bots. It seems like there are no real people on there. Also, forums allow people to converse without necessarily being logged on at the same time, and convos can go for days or weeks.
Was that all part of the evolution of chat forums? |
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Re: The evolution of chat forums
I've been wondering this, too. Back in the mid-90s the big thing was AOL chat rooms...everyone conversed live...I'm wondering why that has seemed to fall out of favor while forums like this flourish...
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Re: The evolution of chat forums
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I've been wondering this, too. Back in the mid-90s the big thing was AOL chat rooms...everyone conversed live...I'm wondering why that has seemed to fall out of favor while forums like this flourish... [/ QUOTE ] Like Katy I've never used online chat and never was interested so I can't imagine a time when "everyone conversed live". But for me writing something late at night and maybe looking forward to a response or two the next day is sort of satisfying. OTOH the thought that what I write gets lost in some sort of electronic ether (assuming this happens in chat) is pretty depressing. ~ Rick |
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Re: The evolution of chat forums
I've never used public chat rooms... been using message boards since first getting internet access in 1999. The software was soooooo primitive back then... UBB didn't even have a way to unlock a thread once it had been locked, for example. No logging in, no PMs... but they were still quite popular.
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Re: The evolution of chat forums
I used a chatroom once. I dunno, I thought it was an x-files chatroom (or some other TV show) I think, and it was dumb. It was full of peurile talk among people who obviously knew each other and weren't interested in anyone else participating. There was also what seemed to be 2 retards flirting with each other. Very unwelcoming. Didn't bother again.
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Re: The evolution of chat forums
I think my sister used to frequent an X Files chat room. She loved that show.
Your description of the chat room reminds me of one of the 2+2 forums back in the day. Sometimes it was welcoming and funny but other times I got the feeling I was in a place where people had this tight clique and inside jokes, not to mention the dumb flirting even between guys [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]. Really uncomfortable. Maybe it's an age thing. Maybe the younger people like the real time convo while older people like me and Rick look forward to checking in a day or two later to see if anyone responded to us. The only thing I can see that benefits from real time chat are the game threads that we used to do, like In/Out or 20 Questions. Those were fun but they certainly don't work well when people walk away for 10 hours. |
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Re: The evolution of chat forums
I guess I'm pretty out of it. I didn't even realize that chat rooms had declined. I never participate in them. I really enjoy the forums. It doesn't bother me at all that it's not a live conversation. I actually prefer it.
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Re: The evolution of chat forums
a/s/l/p?
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Re: The evolution of chat forums
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a/s/l/p? [/ QUOTE ] What are you wearing? |
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Re: The evolution of chat forums
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[ QUOTE ] a/s/l/p? [/ QUOTE ] What are you wearing? [/ QUOTE ] Please confirm you're at least 18. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] |
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