What is it about instant messenging that makes random strangers pop up and start a conversation with someone they’ve never even heard of before?
Ok, so my Yahoo ID etc is available on a few of the message boards that I frequent etc. but I’m not talking about the people who are on the forums, I don’t mind them contacting me at all, in fact I would welcome that. What I am talking about is complete strangers who have picked up my IM address somewhere and just contact me out of the blue for a random chat…
My telephone number is in the phone book, but I dont get a bunch of random people phoning me up for a chat any time of the day or night do I? Would you just pick a number at random from the phone book and call for a chat? No, exactly, so why the fuck do people I’ve never heard of do that on a IM channel?
The worst part of all is when they just pop up at random and expect you to chat to them and they get all shirty with you when you don’t want to chat to them…
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