Posted by jane d on March 28, 2002, at 16:20:32
In reply to Re: Chat, posted by Shanti on March 28, 2002, at 14:31:21
Shanti,
I just want to second what kiddo has said. I hope you feel comfortable coming back to chat. It can be confusing especially when you have to deal with many new people all at once. When I started I would get overwhelmed if there were more than 2 other people there. If it was crowded I would come in and listen more than I posted. Now that most of the people aren't strangers I'm comfortable with more people at once.I think we all want everybody who comes in to feel comfortable but everybody's just guessing what the right way to do that is. If you leave people alone to get oriented will they feel ignored? If everybody tries to bring someone into the conversation at once will they end up feeling besieged and flee, never to return? Feel free to come hang out in the background or to jump in whenever you want. That's what everyone else is doing and it usually works out OK.
Something else to remember is that the chat room isn't always that busy. In fact it's totally empty much of the day.
Hope to see you in chat.
Jane
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