Razeiel

This is an example of why I really just want to quit sometimes...really...really I do.
(12:09:02 AM) ShippoFFire: you have MSN?
(12:09:10 AM) Razeiel: I do, yes.
(12:09:16 AM) ShippoFFire: can I have it?
(12:13:27 AM) Razeiel: Here it is.
(12:14:17 AM) ShippoFFire: er
(12:14:29 AM) ShippoFFire: ad me

First, I'll go line by line and explain what's going on. The kid I was being messaged wanted to ask me if I had an MSN Messenger account. What I took from the conversation was 'Do you own an MSN client.' Cause I'm an asshole like that. I respond yes and he asks if he can have it. It. You know, the all inclusive IT. So I can now take this one or more of many ways, I decided to have a little fun with the kid. Where the line reads 'Here it is.' was sent as a link to this website. Obviously that's where one obtains the client. Chaos ensues as he becomes confused and disoriented.
Now, the reason I was being so...shall we say mean with this individual is a symptom of an ongoing problem I have with being publicly available on websites like Pounced.org and other social networks. Any individual can find me and message me, which is fine. It is, however, not fine when that individual starts off with something along the lines of 'Hi' or '*waves*', etc. I don't know them and they know who I am. They don't bother to open with an explanation as to who they are, though they have never messaged me before. To make me further irate, this particular fellow insisted on not informing me as I questioned further. I asked him for his own Pounced ad (once we had established where he had found me, being that he could not recall on his own where HE found ME) to which he responded that he did not have one. I mildly and playfully scolded him and proceeded to ask the basic questions, since he wasn't volunteering. Age, Location, Sex, Interests, etc. Now I don't have a problem with an individual declining me any of that information in fear of predators or some inclination towards privacy for the sake of social anonymity (like wanting to be recognized as the opposite sex as a personal choice). It just really rubs me the wrong way when I'm left in the dark because you can't reason out that I might want to know who you are since I've already given you the resources to know me.
Tell me your thoughts. Am I so wrong? Should I lower my standards because I'm anal retentive somehow? Feel free to flame me too, I might very well deserve it. :3
Thanks in advance.

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Chalice Yao

Well, a 'hi' or something the like as a first line isn't necessarily bad, I think. It can get -annoying- if they don't follow up with something more detailed if you say hi back, but mostly it's just a check to see if you're there, and pretty much an indicator of 'hey, I wanna talk to you'.

of course once you make your presence known, they should state their intent..I hate it if there is a 'hi' from a completely unknown person, and their next question is 'how are you?', possibly with a DREADED 'hon' added. Yeah mister stranger, I have no idea why you want to know how I am, and I'm, not your hon. Wassap, dammit?

Imnotgoing Sideways

I use "Konnichiwa! (^_^)y" .... Is that bad? (O.o) ... Bah... I rarely IM people anyway, unless we've been friends for weeks or more. =^-^=

As for being found by people and such... Heh... Try running around with a name like mine. I'm soooo searchable, it ain't even funny. Gladly, all I really gotz is a Google account. All that other chat stuff fails to interest me. I can see where most people would be irritated though. (^_^)y

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Trout Recreant

Not to stray off topic, but I don't understand why someone in SL would ask you for your MSN chat account when they are chatting with you right there.

It's like someone calling you on the phone to tell you that they need your phone number because they want to talk to you on the phone.

Turns out that SL has a (usually) functional chat system. I know, I know, other chat programs are fine when you can't get inworld, and great for people you know, but for strangers like this? In a world where you use the chat system to communicate?

Weird.

I don't think you were out of line Razeiel. I try to keep my personal information between me and my friends and I don't want it blasted all over the web.

Dnate Mars

And now SL even has SLim to use when you can't be in world!

But I have yet to be able to try it out with anyone.

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Ten

I don't think typing "konnichiwa!" in english correctly defines you as a non-english speaker... just an english speaker pretending not to speak english.

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Brenda Connolly

I've asked several people that very question when asked for MSN, or AIM< ,or Skype, or Yahoo, or anything else, none of which I use. "Why do we need that, to talk here in SL?" I haven't had one decent answer.