...what the allure of chatrooms are?
I remember screwing around with chatrooms on AOL in like '94 or when the internet hadn't really taken off yet. They were pointless THEN.
Fast forward 10 years. I'm sitting here bored (though i should be working), and get this great idea that "maybe chatrooms have been revolutionized and are completely different now that everyone is on the internet!"
...So I fire up yahoo, jump into the nearest chatroom...
...and over the course of about 10 minutes i find that chatrooms are either a) filled with people who aren't saying a WORD, b) filled with 13 year olds talking about complete nonsense (even in chatrooms labeled "PROGRAMMING: 1"), or c) filled with bots that are sending out automated xxx "spam" in the form of instant messages by the boatloads. Or some combination of the above choices.
Is there some secret password I dont know that gets people to the underground rooms where there's all kinds of intellectually stimulating conversation? Or am i correct in thinking that they're just as much a waste of time and effort NOW as they were 10 years ago?
And if so, WHY ARE THERE SO MANY FLAMIN' PEOPLE IN THERE? WTF ARE THEY DOING??
I remember screwing around with chatrooms on AOL in like '94 or when the internet hadn't really taken off yet. They were pointless THEN.
Fast forward 10 years. I'm sitting here bored (though i should be working), and get this great idea that "maybe chatrooms have been revolutionized and are completely different now that everyone is on the internet!"
...So I fire up yahoo, jump into the nearest chatroom...
...and over the course of about 10 minutes i find that chatrooms are either a) filled with people who aren't saying a WORD, b) filled with 13 year olds talking about complete nonsense (even in chatrooms labeled "PROGRAMMING: 1"), or c) filled with bots that are sending out automated xxx "spam" in the form of instant messages by the boatloads. Or some combination of the above choices.
Is there some secret password I dont know that gets people to the underground rooms where there's all kinds of intellectually stimulating conversation? Or am i correct in thinking that they're just as much a waste of time and effort NOW as they were 10 years ago?
And if so, WHY ARE THERE SO MANY FLAMIN' PEOPLE IN THERE? WTF ARE THEY DOING??