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Post by VenomFang on Jan 28, 2009 22:51:23 GMT -5
If you first got the internet around 10 years ago, one of the first things you did was go into chatrooms. Now years later you go into an aol chatroom or one on yahoo and they're loaded with bots/spam and there's not much lively activity going on. Do you still go in chatrooms or do you not bother due to their suckiness ?
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Post by erisi236 on Jan 28, 2009 22:56:57 GMT -5
I remember just 4 years ago it was still pretty active on aol or Yahoo, but you go on now and it's nothing but spam-bots.
So yeah, I think pretty much they're dead
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Jan 28, 2009 22:58:47 GMT -5
Not all chat rooms are dead....obviously you have never been to one of our special chat rooms.
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Post by Kash Flagg on Jan 28, 2009 23:00:35 GMT -5
I avoid chatrooms like the plague now. I have no need to be invited to a bash mod party (even though the invitee isn't doing the bashing).
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Post by Non Banjoble Tokens on Jan 28, 2009 23:04:45 GMT -5
Well, msn closed all their old chat rooms awhile ago. Which makes me sad because now I can't hit on those 14-year-old vampire chicks anymore.  |
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Post by Dr. Marzvon Zombie M.D. on Jan 28, 2009 23:06:38 GMT -5
I was big into them in 2000, but haven't even tried in years, you guys.....complete me....
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Post by ToyfareMark on Jan 28, 2009 23:15:54 GMT -5
I still go into chatrooms on AOL, they are usually private rooms on most days, but on Monday nights, and PPV nights the sports wrestling room is pretty hoppin. I'll admit though, the only reason I still have AOL is for those chats because I've known so many of those people for years.
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Post by EAT IT on Jan 28, 2009 23:17:09 GMT -5
They were great back in 93-94.
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Post by kendrick1989 on Jan 28, 2009 23:22:03 GMT -5
I avoid chatrooms like the plague now. I have no need to be invited to a bash mod party (even though the invitee isn't doing the bashing). the chats i've been invited to rarely have mod bashing |
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Post by Triple Kelly on Jan 29, 2009 1:21:39 GMT -5
The real sad part is when AOL Live stopped having those celebrity chats where you could submit questions in real time or go back later and get the transcripts. Those were super fun.
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Post by kitsunestar on Jan 29, 2009 1:22:56 GMT -5
Well, msn closed all their old chat rooms awhile ago. Which makes me sad because now I can't hit on those 14-year-old vampire chicks anymore. Those were dudes from Perverted Justice, man! |
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Post by Alucard on Jan 29, 2009 1:25:25 GMT -5
Yeah, they are.
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Post by Brandon Walsh is Insane. on Jan 29, 2009 1:26:57 GMT -5
I avoid chatrooms like the plague now. I have no need to be invited to a bash mod party (even though the invitee isn't doing the bashing). the chats i've been invited to rarely have mod bashing You're part of the "Cool non-mod bashing crowd." I wish I could do that; sometimes, I just get tired of bashing these mods. |
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Post by Cyno on Jan 29, 2009 1:27:10 GMT -5
I don't know about Yahoo, MSN, or AOL, but I'm a pretty active IRC user. Those are going as strong as ever.
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Post by -Lithium- on Jan 29, 2009 2:28:23 GMT -5
Yahoo Chats use to be cool till like 04-05. Now they suck like you said...
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Post by comahan on Jan 29, 2009 2:33:02 GMT -5
I don't know about Yahoo, MSN, or AOL, but I'm a pretty active IRC user. Those are going as strong as ever. Yea, IRC is terrific. |
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Post by default on Jan 29, 2009 3:37:01 GMT -5
The real sad part is when AOL Live stopped having those celebrity chats where you could submit questions in real time or go back later and get the transcripts. Those were super fun. It obviously wasn't an official celebrity chat, but I went into one of those once and asked Midnight from WCW a question or two. It was after WCW released her/shut down and she was doing some indy shows. I still chat on Palace aka Chat Palace ak Communities Chat Palace aka "Phalanx" aka... probably tons of other stuff. It's been abandoned since like 1999-2000, although a little while later some people started made a homebrewed client to handle better graphics. It's a shame there were idiots and did nothing with it... I could easily see the thing being as big of a network as gaia or possibly myspace if re-tooled to a degree and marketed correctly. |
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Post by GuyOfOwnage on Jan 29, 2009 4:27:04 GMT -5
I can't be the only one to remember good 'ol Microsoft Chat (complete with optional comic theme). God I miss those things. Observe:  |
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Post by Ryback on a Pole! on Jan 29, 2009 4:31:01 GMT -5
I used to go on teen chat a few years back. I was bored at checked it out the other day actually and its still going strong surprisingly. But yeah chat rooms seem to be a dieing trend, foums and myspace style sites are whats in now.
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Post by Cela on Jan 29, 2009 6:10:52 GMT -5
But, how will people cyber?
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