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Can You Do Live Chat?
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07 Oct 2020, 4:32 pm

If someone can talk to people in real life, they can do it online as well if they have the right programs and equipment for it.

I have to do it for my son's school.


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07 Oct 2020, 4:54 pm

You’re misquoting me again, MG.

This is what I wrote “But seriously, most people on the spectrum don’t enjoy live chat ... this is because they have to think on the spot. I’ve found that most people prefer to email and that they typically like time to process the written word, and can take anything from 2 days, to a week, even a month to reply and they do this on a regular basis.

Maybe you’ll find some on WP who are willing to give live chat a try. Stranger things have happened! It can be fun if you’re in the right mood.”



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07 Oct 2020, 5:10 pm

Yeah I'm not good at massive chats irl with loads of acquaintances, either.

It's probably slightly easier because it's all text based but there's nothing really special about live chat versus irl.

I prefer one to one conversations. And talking to people I'm similar too or know well.


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07 Oct 2020, 6:12 pm

Wolfram87 wrote:
Those that can can. Those that can't can't.


This makes sense , lolz , this above statement practically typifies , the nature of this thread.


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08 Oct 2020, 12:41 pm

For years, I assumed that "chat" meant verbal. I have recently found it being used to describe a dedicated written exchange for tech support with time constraints, and it is awful; far worse than email. Now, reading this thread, I suspect there is also a verbal mess going by the same name. Would the OP please define their terms?



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08 Oct 2020, 12:56 pm

Dear_one wrote:
For years, I assumed that "chat" meant verbal. I have recently found it being used to describe a dedicated written exchange for tech support with time constraints, and it is awful; far worse than email. Now, reading this thread, I suspect there is also a verbal mess going by the same name. Would the OP please define their terms?


This is not live chat. This is a forum. This is where one chooses a subject or starts a new one and others reply in their own time.

Live chat is a site where members are on the same page and type at the same time. Could be two members or more. Everything that is typed gets seen as a line on the page, and then the next person types and it goes onto the next line below and so on. If (And I can't keep up if many are on at the same time) many are on at the same time the chat can go faster then I can keep up with, but if just a few are chatting, then I am not too bad. (I find more then about five people and it is too fast. One person is virtually pointless as all he or she can do is chat to him or herself).

My question therefore relates to live chat when just a few people are on it so one has reasonable time to read and write replies to whatever is being discussed.

I don't know how anyone can do live chat with many people as it goes too fast to read. I don't know how anyone can do that but some tallented people can.


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08 Oct 2020, 12:59 pm

Dear_one wrote:
For years, I assumed that "chat" meant verbal. I have recently found it being used to describe a dedicated written exchange for tech support with time constraints, and it is awful; far worse than email. Now, reading this thread, I suspect there is also a verbal mess going by the same name. Would the OP please define their terms?


Recently, like since the late '90s? IRC based chatrooms were common back then, that's when that definition became the primary one.


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08 Oct 2020, 1:24 pm

funeralxempire wrote:
Dear_one wrote:
For years, I assumed that "chat" meant verbal. I have recently found it being used to describe a dedicated written exchange for tech support with time constraints, and it is awful; far worse than email. Now, reading this thread, I suspect there is also a verbal mess going by the same name. Would the OP please define their terms?


Recently, like since the late '90s? IRC based chatrooms were common back then, that's when that definition became the primary one.


What's IRC?
I have never been on a "chat" with more than two people, but I'm sure that the tech support folk are multi-tasking.
I don't put up with people talking over each other, or conversation in a noisy place. If it gets hard to follow, I shrug, point to my ears, and leave.



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08 Oct 2020, 1:59 pm

Dear_one wrote:
funeralxempire wrote:
Dear_one wrote:
For years, I assumed that "chat" meant verbal. I have recently found it being used to describe a dedicated written exchange for tech support with time constraints, and it is awful; far worse than email. Now, reading this thread, I suspect there is also a verbal mess going by the same name. Would the OP please define their terms?


Recently, like since the late '90s? IRC based chatrooms were common back then, that's when that definition became the primary one.


What's IRC?
I have never been on a "chat" with more than two people, but I'm sure that the tech support folk are multi-tasking.
I don't put up with people talking over each other, or conversation in a noisy place. If it gets hard to follow, I shrug, point to my ears, and leave.


IRC (internet relay chat) is a standard developed for chat. It's mostly obsolete now but it was ubiquitous at one time.
It allows for both rooms and one on one conversations.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat


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08 Oct 2020, 2:01 pm

funeralxempire wrote:
Dear_one wrote:
funeralxempire wrote:
Dear_one wrote:
For years, I assumed that "chat" meant verbal. I have recently found it being used to describe a dedicated written exchange for tech support with time constraints, and it is awful; far worse than email. Now, reading this thread, I suspect there is also a verbal mess going by the same name. Would the OP please define their terms?


Recently, like since the late '90s? IRC based chatrooms were common back then, that's when that definition became the primary one.


What's IRC?
I have never been on a "chat" with more than two people, but I'm sure that the tech support folk are multi-tasking.
I don't put up with people talking over each other, or conversation in a noisy place. If it gets hard to follow, I shrug, point to my ears, and leave.


IRC (internet relay chat) is a standard developed for chat. It's mostly obsolete now but it was ubiquitous at one time.
It allows for both rooms and one on one conversations.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat


Obsolite? Milktalk and I are on one now.


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08 Oct 2020, 2:03 pm

Mountain Goat wrote:
funeralxempire wrote:
Dear_one wrote:
funeralxempire wrote:
Dear_one wrote:
For years, I assumed that "chat" meant verbal. I have recently found it being used to describe a dedicated written exchange for tech support with time constraints, and it is awful; far worse than email. Now, reading this thread, I suspect there is also a verbal mess going by the same name. Would the OP please define their terms?


Recently, like since the late '90s? IRC based chatrooms were common back then, that's when that definition became the primary one.


What's IRC?
I have never been on a "chat" with more than two people, but I'm sure that the tech support folk are multi-tasking.
I don't put up with people talking over each other, or conversation in a noisy place. If it gets hard to follow, I shrug, point to my ears, and leave.


IRC (internet relay chat) is a standard developed for chat. It's mostly obsolete now but it was ubiquitous at one time.
It allows for both rooms and one on one conversations.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat


Obsolite? Milktalk and I are on one now.


I'm enjoying listening to a CD, it's still obsolete. :wink:


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08 Oct 2020, 2:06 pm

CD is fairly new. They stopped selling cassettes now though.


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08 Oct 2020, 2:08 pm

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CD is fairly new. They stopped selling cassettes now though.


You've missed the point. It doesn't matter if it's relatively new, just that it's been superseded by something that works better.


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08 Oct 2020, 2:08 pm

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CD is fairly new. They stopped selling cassettes now though.


You've missed the point. It doesn't matter if it's relatively new, just that it's been superseded by something that works better.


DVD?


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08 Oct 2020, 2:09 pm

funeralxempire wrote:
Dear_one wrote:
funeralxempire wrote:
Dear_one wrote:
For years, I assumed that "chat" meant verbal. I have recently found it being used to describe a dedicated written exchange for tech support with time constraints, and it is awful; far worse than email. Now, reading this thread, I suspect there is also a verbal mess going by the same name. Would the OP please define their terms?


Recently, like since the late '90s? IRC based chatrooms were common back then, that's when that definition became the primary one.


What's IRC?
I have never been on a "chat" with more than two people, but I'm sure that the tech support folk are multi-tasking.
I don't put up with people talking over each other, or conversation in a noisy place. If it gets hard to follow, I shrug, point to my ears, and leave.


IRC (internet relay chat) is a standard developed for chat. It's mostly obsolete now but it was ubiquitous at one time.
It allows for both rooms and one on one conversations.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat


From the description, I see that I have one friend who used that, but I was never invited, and because of the confusion over the need for a microphone, I never gave it a second thought.
One reason I could never participate on Facebook is the lack of gradations between "Stranger" and "Friend." If they'd had a "slight acquaintance" description, that would have matched the usual situation.



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08 Oct 2020, 2:15 pm

Mountain Goat wrote:
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CD is fairly new. They stopped selling cassettes now though.


You've missed the point. It doesn't matter if it's relatively new, just that it's been superseded by something that works better.


DVD?


In some contexts, but DVDs are obsolete too.

Obsolete tech can still be useful for niche applications, but that doesn't make the term not applicable. It's not a value judgment, it just means better options exist for the primary applications that the tech was formerly dominant for.


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