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Re: IM etiquette question
« Reply #15 on: August 29, 2007, 01:49:13 PM »
im them and find out :laugh: :)

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Re: IM etiquette question
« Reply #16 on: August 29, 2007, 01:53:19 PM »
When I first started posting online I used to think I had to post my sn on the forums because it was telling me too but then I found out I didn't have to post my screen names. I always post mine because I like talking to people. New people is fun talking too even though I have plenty of online friends but my online friendships don't usually last long because we lose touch with each other. I have a lot of sn's on my lists in my messengers and I don't even talk to lot of them. If I don't want people IMing me, I don't post my screen names. Besides not many newbies IM me so I can post my screen names anywhere. I don't get a bunch of newbies like I used to. No one from here has never IM me so there.

I rarely IM people because I am shy.

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Re: IM etiquette question
« Reply #17 on: August 29, 2007, 02:52:42 PM »
I don't post my IM info, on the assumption that people will start IM'ing me randomly that I don't want to talk to.

I keep myself on invisible status, or selectively invisible, most of the time, because even when people have my IM, I don't always want to talk to them.

If you are visible, someone IM's you, and you don't answer, I'm pretty sure it's considered rude.

I wouldn't request permission by PM to IM somebody whose info was posted, if they would already know who I was. My first message would tell them who I was, and I wouldn't add them unless I thought we might talk several more times.

I can't think of any circumstances under which I would IM a stranger who wouldn't know who I was.

what about posting private IM conversations? it seems a bit hypocritical to me to have you here commenting on IM etiquette. ::)
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Re: IM etiquette question
« Reply #18 on: August 29, 2007, 08:35:46 PM »
*shrug* I've explained my reasoning on multiple occasions, and have yet to receive a response that addresses its substance.

Because it was an extenuating circumstance, it doesn't create an inconsistency to have standards of IM etiquette.

I'll comment where I like, of course.
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Re: IM etiquette question
« Reply #19 on: August 30, 2007, 07:34:55 AM »
I don't care if people add me. If I don't want to be pestered by folk I add them to my block list.

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Re: IM etiquette question
« Reply #20 on: August 30, 2007, 07:37:00 AM »
I don't care if people add me. If I don't want to be pestered by folk I add them to my block list.
bastard.

i was wondering....
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Re: IM etiquette question
« Reply #21 on: August 30, 2007, 07:38:22 AM »
you're not on my block list sphincter boy. :P

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Re: IM etiquette question
« Reply #22 on: August 30, 2007, 07:39:37 AM »
you're not on my block list sphincter boy. :P
post a cock pic and i will be IMing you. :laugh:
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Re: IM etiquette question
« Reply #23 on: August 30, 2007, 07:40:37 AM »
why do you think I haven't posted a cock pic?  :eyebrows:

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Re: IM etiquette question
« Reply #24 on: September 01, 2007, 11:17:06 PM »
I wait until they proposition me.  :green: