i just been using the chat room for a few hours today and some of yesterday and it seems like unless your sorta known no one really talks to you..but the problem is how do you get known?
See what i mean?
I am no authority on the subject, but i can only give you my experiences. The more you watch the banter in the main room, the more you get to know those who come in regular.
OK, you may be looking to meet people...but bear in mind that not everybody is. Consider it a local pub kind of place. You wouldn't just barge in and ask a complete stranger to go to bed with you, but people do respond to others who are non-pushy and funny.
People will go out of their way to chat to you, once they know that you are courteous and can have a laugh.
Good luck! :bounce:
Hi Paul, as an ex chat roomee I am afraid there is no one answer to solve your ills.
On a chat room like this one of course there are groups of friends that know each other well and tend to spend most of their time chatting to each other . Thats just natural you feel the conversation is of such a general nature that you would not be rude and intrusive by joining in feel free to make a comment and test the water.
If your comments to the cliques go unanswered just move on.
There are always plenty of others sitting on the sidelines just watching the room waiting for somebody to say something interesting(and thats the tricky bit) that may seduce them into conversation."Anyone fancy a shag?" does not elicit the required response ...although, I must confess, I haven't tried it myself.
Also be aware that the majority of people in the room are going to be males looking for (but usually not finding) some action. This doesnt always promote garrulous behaviour.
Asking for help on issues often invokes a response or a clear definition of who you are and what your looking for can also reap its rewards.
The mods are usually a good bunch and give good oral and site characters like judyTv are also good orators and helpful as well.
So its really up to you ...if you sit there like a shrinking violet then you'll most probably shrink. Be cheerful, polite, friendly and inobtrusive and I am sure you will get your rewards.
Good luck
Patience (as in dogging) is the key word.
thanks for all your replies...i dont mean to sound moany or anything like it!!!
I was just really sitting there watching the chat, laughing a bit at some of the things going on in there..kinda interesting in its own little way...