Well, they are out in full force today. The random IM'ers.

I have a new favourite exchange to make me scratch my head:

Me: So, may I ask how you came across my username
Mrn: yeah
five minutes elapsed
Me: Okay.. you got me. Since you said, "Yeah" I'll ask. How did you come across my username on Yahoo?
Mrn: yes
Me: sigh

They then Buzzed me so I blocked them. This was then followed by multiple requests to add me to their buddy list.

As a result, the page has been extended again. New rules, new comments.

Tags: im, messaging, meta, netiquette, rules
Current Mood: annoyed

This is taken from my IM profile on AIM.. I'd been meaning to write this down.. Here's an early draft

I don't actually expect anyone to read this but here are my basic rules for IM. The problem is that the average person who has a personality that messages me out of the blue will either not violate these rules in the first 3 femtoseconds of the conversation and I won't be motivated to send the link. OR... The person will violate at least 2 in an even shorter amount of time and is probably too damned stupid or illiterate to make it through this paragraph let alone the rest to figure out why I just don't have time for their waste of space on the internet.

( The list so far... )

Tags: messaging, meta, netiquette, rules
Current Location: Home
Current Mood: annoyed