Meeting In Chat Rooms

Chat rooms are like cocktail parties in space. Imagine a room full of people from all around the world talking to each other with everybody in the room being able to hear everyone else's conversation and join in any one of them at any time. Then imagine being able to take one person aside and talk to them in private. That is basically what a chat room is.

Online chat rooms are the place where people are most likely to find a new long distance romance. This is because many of them are tied to hobbies or interests. If you want to meet someone who has the same interest as you, for example horses, simply type in the keywords "equestrian" or "horses" and then the word "chat" or "chat room" into a popular search engine like Google or Yahoo and you will be presented with hundreds of options.

Traditionally chat is text based but can also involve audio and video. In public chat areas people use "user names" or "nicknames" or sometimes represent themselves as graphical icons or "avatars" as they are known in the chat world. Many of the metaphysical chat rooms for instance, feature live psychic on a camera.

Chat Etiquette

There are a few common courtesies to follow when in chats.

• Respect others privacy. Don't spy on others in different chat rooms. It's just like in real life when someone needs to talk to someone in private.
• Be kind to chat room newcomers. You will know what it was like, bit unsure of what to do or say. Be friendly and welcome them into the chat room.
• Don't write really long or big messages. A lot of chatters do not like scrolling down a lot just to see a few messages after yours. If you do have to type a long message to another person either send it private or send them an email.
• If you have a disagreement with someone, or someone has just picked you out of the crowd to insult or humiliate you (i.e. “flamed” you), usually the best thing to do is just ignore them. Some chats even have an ignore option so you can just turn this person off. If the person is persistent report them to the webmaster of the chat. A lot of chats have monitors in the rooms that will either warn them offenders or kick them out.