AIM/AOL Chatroom! - Science Fiction Fantasy Chronicles: forums

Jestro · 21st March 2004, 12:38 AM

Ok, heres how it works, I think we should create a chat group on AIM/AOL IM, I'm signed up to alot of different fantasy sites and I think it would be awesome to start a chatroom on AIM. How it works is you all post your post your AIM names on here, AKA: this board, and I will make them into a list which I will post on some other Fantasy sites, once I gather the other sites names I will post them here! So u all tell me what you think and maybe post your AIM names. ~Jestro~
P.S. go into AIM/AOL instant massenger setup, and click add group, then say Writers (or whatever u wanna call it!)

Marianne · 21st March 2004, 01:11 AM

I find that this board provides all the contact I need....By the time I check this board and the Hatrack board I need to get off line and get to work... This forum has a great bunch of folks!

I, Brian · 21st March 2004, 09:01 AM

I certainly prefer to use the forum as a means of chatting, and don't see quite how a chat room outise of this site particularly benefits it.

However, an even stronger objection is that AIM is bundled with spyware that you cannot remove from AIM:

http://www.computing.net/security/ww...orum/9665.html

Personally, I wouldn't touch AIM - or AOL - with a bargepole. The practices of AOL regarding internet use leave a lot to be desired.

If we ever have a chat room it'll be one that we host and run here. However, for the moment I don't see a real demand for one.

Jestro · 21st March 2004, 03:05 PM

Yup, you guyz are right, the whole chatroom thing was just kinda one of those spur of the moment things that I thought up kinda quick. Sorry for even suggesting the idea.

I must admit it was humbling! LoL, Its great when topics bomb huh? haha ~Jestro~

I, Brian · 21st March 2004, 06:25 PM

Hey, there's nothing wrong with making suggestions.

Ahdkaw · 21st March 2004, 11:38 PM

And if you want to get onto the AOL/AIM chat network, you don;t have to use AOL's software (which as Brian correctly noted) is full of spyware and all manner of dodgy stuff that right folks wouldn't want near their computer (okay, so I'm an AOL hater, but that doesn't make it any less true

).

However, the open source community as ever stands firm in providing other ways at getting at what you want without the encumbrence of media companies and bloat, and in this case the software you'd be wanting would be GAIM.

But this place doesn't need a chatroom I don't reckon (not a big fan of chat anyway, prefer VoIP if at all).

Something most IT people will agree with: If a computer has AOL software on it, it cannot be saved, it must be reformatted.

21st March 2004, 12:38 AM	#1 (permalink)
Jestro Jestro Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 13	AIM/AOL Chatroom! Ok, heres how it works, I think we should create a chat group on AIM/AOL IM, I'm signed up to alot of different fantasy sites and I think it would be awesome to start a chatroom on AIM. How it works is you all post your post your AIM names on here, AKA: this board, and I will make them into a list which I will post on some other Fantasy sites, once I gather the other sites names I will post them here! So u all tell me what you think and maybe post your AIM names. ~Jestro~ P.S. go into AIM/AOL instant massenger setup, and click add group, then say Writers (or whatever u wanna call it!)

21st March 2004, 01:11 AM	#2 (permalink)
Marianne Nanny Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 150	Re: AIM/AOL Chatroom! I find that this board provides all the contact I need....By the time I check this board and the Hatrack board I need to get off line and get to work... This forum has a great bunch of folks!

21st March 2004, 09:01 AM	#3 (permalink)
I, Brian Brian G. Turner Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: UK: SCOTLAND: Posts: 8,207 Blog Entries: 12	Re: AIM/AOL Chatroom! I certainly prefer to use the forum as a means of chatting, and don't see quite how a chat room outise of this site particularly benefits it. However, an even stronger objection is that AIM is bundled with spyware that you cannot remove from AIM: http://www.computing.net/security/ww...orum/9665.html Personally, I wouldn't touch AIM - or AOL - with a bargepole. The practices of AOL regarding internet use leave a lot to be desired. If we ever have a chat room it'll be one that we host and run here. However, for the moment I don't see a real demand for one.

21st March 2004, 03:05 PM	#4 (permalink)
Jestro Jestro Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 13	Re: AIM/AOL Chatroom! Yup, you guyz are right, the whole chatroom thing was just kinda one of those spur of the moment things that I thought up kinda quick. Sorry for even suggesting the idea. I must admit it was humbling! LoL, Its great when topics bomb huh? haha ~Jestro~

21st March 2004, 06:25 PM	#5 (permalink)
I, Brian Brian G. Turner Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: UK: SCOTLAND: Posts: 8,207 Blog Entries: 12	Re: AIM/AOL Chatroom! Hey, there's nothing wrong with making suggestions.

21st March 2004, 11:38 PM	#6 (permalink)
Ahdkaw Bopper Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 157	Re: AIM/AOL Chatroom! And if you want to get onto the AOL/AIM chat network, you don;t have to use AOL's software (which as Brian correctly noted) is full of spyware and all manner of dodgy stuff that right folks wouldn't want near their computer (okay, so I'm an AOL hater, but that doesn't make it any less true ). However, the open source community as ever stands firm in providing other ways at getting at what you want without the encumbrence of media companies and bloat, and in this case the software you'd be wanting would be GAIM. But this place doesn't need a chatroom I don't reckon (not a big fan of chat anyway, prefer VoIP if at all). Something most IT people will agree with: If a computer has AOL software on it, it cannot be saved, it must be reformatted.

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