Dear_one 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_ChatFrom 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.
I don't recall ever using it with a mic, but other types of chat allow for that option.
I've never used Facebook, but I can see what you're saying.
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08 Oct 2020, 2:17 pm
