Instant Messaging

[slycat]

Hi,

Please do not contact me on instant messengers if you're bored and have nothing to say.

Thank you.

Comments

[moshiicake.livejournal.com]

"Hi"
"Hello."
"i'm bored"
"oh-kay"
"entertain me!"
"Erm. I have the "busy" sign up for a reason. ¬_¬ *block*"

[devilwuff.livejournal.com]

the people who say "hi" you reply and then you get hours of nothing which makes you wonder WTF DID YOU MESSAGE ME FOR !

[jaff-fox.livejournal.com]

You missed out the "how are you?" bit...

But yes I hate it when this happens and the other person leaves you feeling obliged to make conversation -.-

[slycat.livejournal.com]

Ugh... it seems to happen a lot amongst furs. If you want people to entertain you but not have anything specific to say yourself, then sit in an IRC channel. I'm sure that'll satisfy your boredom without irritating people you might not want to annoy.

Obviously when I say you, mean the people messaging us :P

[jessie-pup.livejournal.com]

I totally get this too. There's one person in particular who says hi to me every time he sees me yet rarely has anything to actually talk about. I'm past caring about having to carry a conversation now. I just carry on with what I'm doing and if they don't say anything after 10 mins I just close the window.

[slycat.livejournal.com]

Sounds surprisingly familiar :)

[mattlazycat.livejournal.com]

So.. what, they IM you to tell you they're bored? Or did they just say allo and leave it at that? I can see why the former would bother pretty much anyone, but the latter seems totally excusable to me.

[slycat.livejournal.com]

Well it's conversations which go something like this -

Them: Hi
Me: Hi
Them: How are you
Me: I'm fine
Them: That's good
Me: What's up?
Them: Nothing really
...
Them: Hello?

Possibly not the best example but the other people who've responded to this post know what I'm on about ;)

[mattlazycat.livejournal.com]

You probably agree; the only frustrating thing is the "Hello?" at the end of it, as if whoever it is expects to be entertained. Otherwise I find having meaningless little nudges is nice. I like having that little window open with a few pleasantries in it, even if it's just "wotcha" in the morning and "seeya" when I'm about to go home. It means people have thought of me, and it's also a comforting presence, even if it's a few hours of shared silence. I think it's kinda sad to expect every conversation to have a purpose, that people should only get in touch with you if they want something, or are giving something.

On the other hand, if it's persistent cries for attention, I can see how you'd get pissed off. :)

[slycat.livejournal.com]

Well it's more the people who will instantly message you every time they see you log on, only to say nothing. It gets very tiresome.

[mattlazycat.livejournal.com]

To each their own I guess. The only marvel is that they haven't figured out you don't like it.

[durandal2uk.livejournal.com]

I don't get that (well, only a few times in the past) - I'm obviously not popular enough :P.

[star-dogfox.livejournal.com]

There was a time when saying hi to someone and asking how they are was a sign you cared and that was all you needed. Alas not anymore everything has to have a purpose or your just bothering them. Kinda sad really especially when your the kind of person who isn't good at the whole big long conversations crap, but meh! sign of the times.