Category: Let's talk
In the past week I have almost lost count of the number of people who have asked me for my skype address in pqn's. People I have never spoken to before, neither in public nor private.
I often wonder whether those people would go up to a random stranger in the street and ask for their phone number since it is surely the same thing.
I wonder, if I put my skype address on my profile how many people would randomly add me, without asking first.
So why is it that because we're online people seem to think they can be more forward and ask for this type of information and seek this kind of interaction even though they might not do so in rl? or would they?
Hmmm, not sure how to word this, and i'm a hopeless rambler, but... Online, if someone is bored, they can find another person online and assume that, since this other person is also online, he or she is probably bored as well, and since there's no actual face to face stuff, people tend to be a bit more forward, (if you start screaming at them face to face, it would be imbarrassing and a bit more of an effort to get away. on line though, they can just push a button and dismiss you if they think they'll have to face your wrath.) So, while a person might come up to you online and randomly try to engage you, most of them probably wouldn't walk up to you in the street and grab your sleeve, though I must admit that I do wonder about a few of the people here. They just might. I certainly won't be one of the random people asking for your skype, since I'm pretty hesitant to talk to strangers. it's not that I'm all that anti social, but my hearing is just crapppy as hell, and then I also worry that we might not find a common denominator, so there would be awkward silences, which I absolutely hate. This isn't directed at you or any one person. It's just how I am.
I don't blame you for not wanting to give out your skype info. It's safe enough. If someone bothers you, you can just block them, but why go through the hassle?
Nobody ever asks me for mine. Perhaps they want to hear you.
On a similar note though, I did meet somebody who would introduce himself, then immediately ask the people who he was talking to whether he could have their mobile number, then whether they have MSN (most people still call it that), then whether they have Skype. Now he'd probably add Twitter and Facebook to his list of questions.
A lot of zoners prefer hearing a person's voice when communicating over that of the flat-toned synthesizer. To them, it's not so much a request of personal information as a request for an easier way to talk than the zone.
That said, personally I think it's creepy and no longer use Skype at all, partially so I can just tell people I don't use it and they'll stop fucking asking me. So you're not alone.
I only give out skype to those I really actually would like to carry out conversations with at a later time. I don't mind zbp and such because people I don't know all that well don't have a way to harrass me later. Once i'm gawn, i'm gawn.
I agree, but it seems you often post similar topics pertaining to the same thing. just an observation, though.
I only use Skype for people I know. I've changed the setting so that people can't search for me anymore. It's probably inconvenient for anyone I actually care about to add me, but they can contact me another way and ask me to change it back briefly so that I can add them.
I don't mind having people getting hold of my skype name, because if I dohn't like them I'll just block them.
I'll give everyone a chance as long as they are interesting.
if they aren't interesting I am brutally honest about it.
i kind of agree with post 8. i don't mind if people can see my skype on here in my profile, it takes nothing to not accept a request or press a delete button and get rid of them if needed. besides a lot of people ask if they can add me first, and if i don't know them, or am not interested in talking with them, i simply say no. then there's the fact that i go freak-out-panic just at the thought of voice chatting, and i warn people of that too, so i don't get random calls from them. i use skype mostly for text chat, and to talk by voice with the few people i am comfortable with
I rarely use skype as is, but I wouldn't/don't add people unless I know them really well.
hmmm. I can say simply. there's a ban button as how the cl's are having it here.
so make use of it if you aint interested with that x or y?
so what's your skype, now?
Raaj.
hathor891 ;p
So, I have my skype on my profile, is a bad news? Doubt it...nobody adds me anyway.
hmmmmmmm Well, it's funny because people I don't mind talking too never call we just send text messages and I don't really care so much to talk on the phone anyways. Plus, well prediters etc might make me a little hessitant these days. And I'm like that too, if I don't like you or if we never talk your ass is getting deleted...just a waste of contact space...
Fully in agreement with post 8.
i don't give out any private details, skype included, because in most ways, i have become a very private person. i only have my twitter name accessable because i can choose if i want to follow a person or not, and even if i don't follow the person, i don't necessarily have to remove them, but let them just sit in my followers list. yes, their is a remove button, but i'm rarely on skype these days anyway, and when i am, i'd rather talk to people i know, not some random non-english speeker, who does not understand English, or someone who only wants to play music, or call me and then pretend i'm not their. also, i think it's rather rude for someone to ask for someone's skype, or any other contact details in the very first message to a person. i think that you should at least have a few text convosations with someone first, if only to find out if you do or don't have anything in common with the other person, before asking for details like that. wich, i personally do now, after having bad experiences giving out details in the past.
Um, agree with that last post and as for twitter it's set up like facebook...
well, I'm the sort of person who uses skype me mode. in fact I refuse to update skype so I can keep it.
I actually met my fiance on skype me mode, so I am not the sort of person to shy away from meeting new ones.
I have the latest Skype and it has a mode like Skype me. I agree with post 8. Skype is a great way to meet people easy. If I don't like them I just use the ban button. Lol Forereel2 Hehe.
It all comes down to personal choice.