"It's much more like IRC than usenet, really -- you join the channel, say "Hello", and then see what happens."
I don't IRC much these days, but when I do, I do that and it usually turns out everybody is idle :-)
"... which is one of the reasons I like IRC."
Yes, it's certainly got its good points as a conversation medium. I think the only thing I don't like about it is that you don't get any feedback on whether the other person is sitting idle or in the middle of frantically typing a three-line response to you - I know I've occasionally tried to change the subject due to a pause, only to find that actually the previous subject was very much alive so I needn't have bothered :-) Not sure whether there's any sensible way to fix that one, though.
Can I just compliment you on the outstanding invention of a "moral shetland pony"? That's a fantastic concept. And image. *grin*
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I don't IRC much these days, but when I do, I do that and it usually turns out everybody is idle :-)
"... which is one of the reasons I like IRC."
Yes, it's certainly got its good points as a conversation medium. I think the only thing I don't like about it is that you don't get any feedback on whether the other person is sitting idle or in the middle of frantically typing a three-line response to you - I know I've occasionally tried to change the subject due to a pause, only to find that actually the previous subject was very much alive so I needn't have bothered :-) Not sure whether there's any sensible way to fix that one, though.
Can I just compliment you on the outstanding invention of a "moral shetland pony"? That's a fantastic concept. And image. *grin*