Chatting on Swingers Board

[tscpl]

Whenever we go into Chat,there are very few people in there if any at all.Or
maybe afew names we dont recognise from from frequent posts.
We are wondering if many couples on here use Chat ,PM or Emails as a way of communicating with other couples on here.Just as a means of friendly conversation!We do not receive any PMs or Emails but we would welcome contact with others.In regards to WebCam,we are a little new with that at present but we are getting some help from a relative.I wonder what other couples experiences are in relation to Chat ,PMs or Emails.

[ShellyM]

Originally Posted by tscpl

Whenever we go into Chat,there are very few people in there if any at all.Or
maybe afew names we dont recognise from from frequent posts.
We are wondering if many couples on here use Chat ,PM or Emails as a way of communicating with other couples on here.Just as a means of friendly conversation!We do not receive any PMs or Emails but we would welcome contact with others.In regards to WebCam,we are a little new with that at present but we are getting some help from a relative.I wonder what other couples experiences are in relation to Chat ,PMs or Emails.

I go into chat every now and then, usually in the evenings.
Shelly

[avid]

I had forgotten there was a chat room here until the board revamp. Since then, I've been in a couple of times, but I didn't recognize anyone. Maybe the additional publicity from the board will encourage others to come chat.

[Tia Vampire]

I tried it for the first time last night, but there was only one person on. Plus it was his first time visiting. He was already asking me what I was into. Did'nt even have the desentsy to ask how I was doing, my name, or even anything about the swing board. Very rude if you ask me. I gave him the cold shoulder and just told him I had to go. I watch him close out soon after.

[fun4Ds]

im not a great chatter but i visit occasionaly when im loged on. maby its bad timing but the chatters are not usally forum posters.

i can rember along time ago, the first person i met there was dayhiker.

back then i was a lurker and couldnt stay away after i found the swingersboard.

julie, i hate to say this but when i discoverd your place i thaught it was just another money makin fantasy web site. but this lifestyle was what i found at the end of a personal sexuality soul search. dayhiker, in a real way let me know that some of the stories are true some are fantasy and let me know that yes there were other like minded real people in the world. so now when i see new people there with some of the questions i had, i try share what i know about the board and the lifestyle.

[good times]

I am just not into the online chat thing, don't know why, just never got into it. I do go into the chat room once in a while, but usually it is just to check that it is working when someone posts that it isn't working for them.

[racewalker]

Been in chat room no one I reconize not much to say but will keep trying

[hmr]

There was a time several years ago when We made a lot of friends here on chat. In fact when Kathy got sick it was one of Bills greatest supports. Every thursday at 10 pm. Wish it was like that again.

[tribbles]

With all the new upgrades (Thanks!) I wonder if there is one to at least give a number of how many are in chat when the mouse is placed over the link?

[des1re06]

We're not into sex chatting at all, but use it to keep in touch with out of town friends. All of our play dates are out of town.

Anyway, as far as chat rooms go, it usually works best to schedule a specific time for a group chat. That way, those of us who are regulars would know when to attend.

Just a suggestion.

Mrs. D

[tscpl]

We think your idea of a scheduled groupchat is cool,preferably in the evenings.We were also interested in the role of PMs and Emails in making contact with others on here.We rarely receive a Pm or Email from members on here and we think it is a useful feature to have but which is probably very underused.Maybe other members may respond to this idea.

[LikeMinds321]

Originally Posted by tscpl

...We are wondering if many couples on here use Chat ,PM or Emails as a way of communicating with other couples on here. Just as a means of friendly conversation!

I don't go into Chat. I've never been interested in IMing or Chat Rooms. I first tried the Chat Room here on the SB when I joined. At that time they had scheduled chats once a week on a certain topic. But I have difficulty trying to jump into chat conversations and do better writing my thoughts in the forum.

I think more people are active with Chat Rooms and private messaging through ad sites. Since the Swingers Board isn't an ad site, most people come here for forum discussion rather than hooking-up. Those whose primary goal for being here is to seek people to swing with usually discover they have more chance of meeting people through an ad site or attending local swinger functions.

My personal feeling about receiving PMs from SB members that I do not know - who are looking for "friendly conversation" - is that I am not usually comfortable hearing from a stranger when I sense that their PM is a first step in trying to initiate ongoing conversation or "chat" with me, since I'm not into chat.

I only enjoy writing to people (or hearing from people) I've come to know through their forum posts, where we may have dialogued in the forum about the topic discussed, and I already have a sense of who they are. I may find something in one of their posts that I would like to discuss further, privately, and so I may write them, or they may write to me. Other people I PM are those I've met at SB Meet Ups.

LM

[GoNatural]

I'm a little behind the times here. I didn't know that chat was available at these forums.

[rpu3]

Originally Posted by GoNatural

I'm a little behind the times here. I didn't know that chat was available at these forums.

Yep, there's has been a chatroom available on this site. I don't know if it was working during some of the Board issues, but it's listed in the top bars that contain things like "New Posts", "Forums", etc.

I generally don't enter the chatroom except to see if it works with my browser, etc. I have participated in chats when there's a set place or time, with a more specific agenda. As to IM'ing off the site, I generally only do that with friends and family. (I don't like the phone, I'd rather chat than talk, 75% of the time).

I second the ideas that if you'd like to chat with some of the members, perhaps you could schedule a time and some of the more active members might pop in.

[ShellyM]

I was in there last night and had a blast!!!
Its fun when everyone in there is just there to bullshit and have fun.