Does anyone here chat?

[Bouncy Ball]

And I am totally embarrassed by that title line. Completely. It sounds SO dorky. And not even cool-dorky. Not even so dorky, it's funny. Just flat out sad-dorky.

Well, anyway, does anyone here chat? I have AIM. I know, I know, people hate it, but whatever.

Oh, nevermind.

[RevolutionaryActs]

1. There are usually nightly AIM chats.

:)

[Bouncy Ball]

2. And how does that work?

[LynzM]

3. Whoever starts it IMs people to invite them

But I'm on, you're welcome to IM me :)

[Bouncy Ball]

4. Ok.

I will! And then how does a bigger chat get started? Wait, nevermind you said it already.

Techno-dork here.

[RevolutionaryActs]

5. Well someone (usually CubsFan1982 or hippiepunk)

starts a chat room, and a thread and then you IM them for an invite to the chat room.


Or something like that. LOL!


Sadly, I don't think anyone is on AIM. :shrug:

[qnr]

6. Well, for the hundreds of people that won't get invites, I think I'll

start a #du channel on irc.freenode.net just because.

[Bouncy Ball]

7. IRC is still around?

Wow, I used that in the early 90s.

Cool!

:thumbsup:


Edit, I tried that address and it doesn't work. http://irc.freenode.net. I also did it with the www.

Trying it with "us" now, since I found freenode page.

[qnr]

8. absolutely. I'm on it 24/7, on various support channels.

[qnr]

10. Well, you need to use an IRC client (or even your browser, if it has one

built in, chatzilla on Mozilla browsers, for example, or the IRC client extensions for Firefox).

irc://irc.freenode.net/#du should work if you have a client in your browser.

Otherwise, see if you have mirc, pirch, xchat, bitchx, or other client, depending upon your OS

[Bouncy Ball]

12. I must not have any of those.

Doesn't work.

:-(

[qnr]

14. Ok, well the channel will be there permanently if you or anyone else

want to stop in, once you can access IRC.

[qnr]

17. By the way, I totally forgot that my IM clients let you open an IRC

account. Yours might also.

[LynzM]

15. Any idea if Opera has one?

I'll have to go check their search...

[qnr]

16. Well, I know you can access IRC with GAIM, which is an IM client, so you

might try with your Instant Messaging client.

[qnr]

11. ok, once you get to freenode, just /join #du

[Huckebein the Raven]

9. I'm on the chat every now and then

[rstlne]

13. I do

I keep in touch with my family on AIM, it's not such a bad thing really, none of us have AO as an ISP but we can still all use the IM software, pc, linux or mac... doesn't matter.

[Seneca]

18. Occasionally

I have also been known to gab, converse, blabber, and banter. :-)