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Originally Posted by TheByzantine
I expect there are trust issues here. We are warned to not give out personal information and to beware of scams. Perhaps people are reticent because they are uneasy talking to people they do not know. It takes time to cultivate friends. Chit chat likely will not be that meaningful.
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But its not just random people, it's people who are good friends and have had meaningful talks with before.
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Originally Posted by ECHOES
Maybe there are ways to ask so you will know.
You could ask "Is this a good time to talk?" "Are you busy?"
There are times someone will pop up on IM and just say "Hi". Nothing else. Waits for me to do the talking. Doesn't ask if I am already talking to someone (I am online, probably not just sitting waiting for someone else to wander by.. lol)
I respond directly as well. "Hi, I'm talking to someone else/busy/just heading off, but I hope we can chat soon!"
When I start getting nothing but 'lol' and 'haha' and 'yeah' in reply, I figure it's time to go. It isn't too interesting at that point.  |
I do that at times, i say lol way too much, but I don't have anything interesting to say.
Its like, i want to talk to you, and i hope im not bugging you, but i dont know what to talk about.