Chat thingers

I will switch off my chat in any of my social site as I only chat to specific people. Even in gmail or YM I always turn invisible.

I don’t like the chat thingers! When I’m on Facebook I am usually offline. I forgot to go offline once and my aunty came on to talk to me and just wouldn’t go away. I was trying to message someone else and she kept popping up talking nonsense and I felt it rude not to reply. I was chatting to her for almost an hour! I tell you I will never forget to go offline ever again!

I find this really annoying. Yahoo mail asked if I wanted the chat feature, I ticked no and it was still downloaded, I didn't want it and don't use it. If I want to chat I use Messenger. A blogging site I joined automatically put a chat feature on, I wanted to use it to blog, not chat. I don't see the point of having these chat features everywhere. I hope MyLot never automatically install a chat feature.

honestly..i wish i could turn that damn thing off on facebook. somedays it's almost impossible to answer anyone because i keep getting IM'd. exactly why i left AOL a long time ago.well,one of the reasons.

Hi dawnald, The only chat I have used is Facebook, but that is only when someone comes on to chat to me otherwise I don't bouther to use them anywhere because I am too busy doing something else. Tamara

I seldom go for chat rooms in social networking sites---its so boring for me may be i didnt find some one interesting to chat for hours together(most of my friends do chat like crazy)---most of it i do not have chat manners all you can expect from is Straight Forward answers .Wanna chat with me now

Let me see.. I have accounts in Friendster, Multiply, Facebook, Tagged and of course MSN. I rarely use all of them now except for Facebook.. and Multiply, I still log in from time to time. I have friends there whom I cherish.. and I love the concept. And not forgetting your Multiply..it's an awesome blog you have there. Facebook is only for games and for me to scribble on the walls sometimes.. it's fun. Like Twittering.. oh yeah, and I'm on Twitter too.. it's fun and it's easy, although it might be foolish.. it's still fun for me.

Facebook is the only site I use, and the chat feature can be handy. However, it can also be annoying because sometimes I just hop on there quick to check something and here someone sees I'm on so I feel obligated to continue chatting with them. It's nice when I'm talking to a friend who lives far away and can catch up with them. I like chatting online in general, just not when I don't have the time. Sometimes, depending on the person, I might ignore their initial chat message, but most of the time I'll at least say "hi" to them even if I have to get off quick. I know that probably sounds mean, but it all depends on what I'm doing and what I got on Facebook to check. Generally, it's a nice feature to have. Seems like everyone is getting that function on their sites. Thanks for asking!

i only have facebook right now. but i always get to hide or offline when i log in to the site. i don't want friends to see me but i go online if i want to chat with someone and if it is only important. i seldom go to facebook though.

I am a member to the main social networking sites. The main social network site that I use is Facebook. I have become less and less attached to it everyday, because of it's new updates to the layout. I do use the chat when I want to chat privately, but not have to send a private message. I usually put myself online unless I am in a bad mood. I think the option to hide yourself is an excellent feature, because you want to be able to toggle your visibility, but don't want it too complicated or permanent.

Hi Dawn, When i haven't checked on the option button on facebook to go offline, i am always online with friends. it's embaraasing when someone started sending you messages and you are not responding as you just want to check on your facebook updates. i've been a member for almost two years in facebook but it was only this first quarter of 2010 that i became active on it. if i want to chat with friends i use my ym or email chat.

But alas! All my chatting day is over. So, I just post silly discussions and comments on social networking sites. And even in those I remain anonymous, as I don't have personal control of my time. Just like now at work, my boss keeps asking me for things, making it impossible for me to concentrate in myLotting.

yes, i do, dawnald... they are a convenient new features. when it was added to yahoo, chat while checking and answering emails was a jiffy. so was with gmail and multiply.

yea i like the facebook chat mainly, i use facebook a lot and facebook has got almost 1/4 part of world population there so its nie to chat with people on facebook. the ning is a nice website who allow users to create a free social network, but i don't think it can be compared with facebook. because facebook is social network site and ning is a site where we create social network. I like the idea to i have got to add chat feature on my blogspot blog so that visitors can chat with eachother.

No I don't and no I do not like the Idea of them On certain sites ok but I think they are very distracting

More and more sites do add in the Chat feature. The first site I saw adding that feature was MySpace but they discontinued it. Im not sure if they've picked it up again these days. Its been a while since I opened my account there. Well, I do use them only when I have to. Facebook's chat feature is a drag. I mean it's slow and just slows loading on other pages. I dont send IM's to friends but I do reply to those who sends me one. I still prefer to use Yahoo Messenger and if I sense that a Facebook chat conversation with someone is going to be a long one, then I invite him/her over to YM so that we could have a smoother conversation. That's just me anyways.^_^

I used to use the chat feature on Facebook. But then I realized that people could see if I was online or not . . . I didn't like that! Certain "friends" would pop on the screen as soon as I logged on and it got real annoying. I only have X amount of time to be online - and I didn't feel like having a chat with them (sorry, they're my friends, but I like to be on or off line as I please). So now I keep it permanently OFF . . . I don't want to be found!

Generally speaking, I don't use them. Facebook's chat just locks up on my old computer. I prefer to use Yahoo! messenger if I am using one at all. Otherwise I sign into Meebo.com and run all the messengers and chat handles out of one browser. It's much faster and I don't have to carry and run all that software. It's a win-win.

Well i do use them Facebook and Yuwie, i stay online!!

i do on orkut ,mylot,fb ,they are good ,i am happy with them ,yhanks for sharing.