lately i have been trying to add people to my msn since i need more people to talk to. i find e-mails from friends and random places. the only problem i have is that i get blocked almost right away and i dont know why. i dont think im doing or saying anything wrong but whenever i add someone and say hi, they say who is this or "asl" and i tell them then suddenly im blocked or it goes on a little bit longer and they ask if they know me then i get blocked! how do i add people and not have them block me?this is not a rant about getting blocked im just looking for some stupid simple stuff to strike up a conversation because apperently what im doing isnt working
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Msn, not getting blocked...
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I understand what you're saying... but there are a lot of weird people out there. If someone randomly sends me an IM on MSN and I don't know them, I ask who they are, and if I don't know them, I block them too. It's just a security thing for me... Nothing personal...
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yeah ok, but got any ideas on what to say not to get people to block me right away :wink: i dont care if they block me after they get to know me a bit and decide they dont like me but i would like to be given a chance at least
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When they ask who you are just introduce yourself and tell them that your looking for new friends then maybe they wont block you
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Dude,
It depends why you are contacting them. Did you read their profile and they live in your area? Are you trying to hook up with the girls? Are you just being nice and want to chat with them. Like I said, if someone just started talking to me that I didn't know them, I would be on the defensive about why they are wanting to chat. I have had way too many weirdoes send me off the wall or strange IM's and I just don't trust anyone... If your intentions are innocent and you're just a nice person wanting to chat, then be honest and tell them that. Are these people your age? If they aren't they might think there is a motive, If they are your age tell them right front your not a stalker and just want to meet people and chat about music, cars, bands, fashion.. The list in endless. Perhaps if they know your intentions, they will chat with you. Like we are here. -
to be honest i dont really respond to random people IM-ing me either, its nothing personal
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Personally, I hate it when people like you add me to their messenger list. I will either block you straight out or add them and then ask that I be removed from their list. I don't understand why someone whould want to just add a random person to their messenger contacts. I often get these yourng kids adding me for God knows what reason. They'll do the ASL thing, and when I ask "Why they added me?", they have no reason or "just for fun".. When I tell them I'm 43, they freak out and I'm deleted. I just think this random IM'ing is stupid and dangerous. There are way way too many wackos out there preying on young kids.
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the people i add are close to my age im pretty sure. i do not look into where they live, im not trying to hook up with people i just need more people to talk to. right now ive only got 19 people on my msn and there rarely online.i guess it doesnt really matter because if they block me since there not worth talking to and several people havent blocked me which is great now there is usually at least one person online
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are close to my age im pretty sureHow do you know that?
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One of the biggest problems currently (particularly with MSN and AOL messenger) is the ease with which they can be 'taken over' by remote users. These attacks regularly start off with innocuous "Hello, I'm xxx, how are you" messages so a lot of people block them as soon as they get approached by someone they don't know.I don't know for certain that that's what's happening here but it's at least a possibility worth considering.My mate (the 36 year old geek) demonstrated to me that he could take over anybody running AOL as long as they accepted the download he sent them, which about 75% of people did after he'd been chatting to them for 15 minutes or so.
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Everyone on mylist are al people I know in person. Who the fuck wants to add and talk to random strangers?DO you have any idea the amount of damage I can do to you puter having a direct link to you like msn messenger ?I never add people I do not know, thats retarded.
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well it seems like people are getting mad at me for trying to meet people that dont live close to me :Si know there close to my age because i get e-mails from friends who know how old they are or i see their profile on wherever im talking to people like various chat room which suck but im not going to get in to that here, plus i dont really care too much about age if the person can hold up a decent conversation.i was about to go on and explain why i would want to add people from around the world and talk to them and that i know the risks and all that shit but you guys just keep putting me down like im some sort of fucking moron so you might aswell lock this thread because im done looking at it let, alone posting posting in it. i have found this site to be very helpful and this is the first time i have not gotten any help or much positive replies im kind of dissapointed about that but whatever
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How about only adding people you know?
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Well this is plain silly. It's pretty obvious that people here don't like unsolicited people contacting them as is evident with your experience on the Internet. What kind of "help" do you want? people don't like it..... end of story. No reason to get all pissy.