저기요 guys i couldn't really find a link 또는 anything about the 팬팝 chat, so this is basically my guide about the functions, a bit about etiquette and a few tips thrown in here and there. I have also researched a list of all the meebo emotions and all the different keyboard shortcuts for the users that where asking, hopefully some of 당신 will find it useful. 당신 don't need to check everything out, although it appears lengthier than it is, everything is, as always set in to subheadings for those of 당신 who like to scan 기사 :D, enjoy.
The rooms
The rooms are ran 의해 a company called meebo and we now have quite a few of them. There is of course the main 팬팝 room which can be accessed from the homepage on the right just above the 퀴즈 또는 from this link
link
They're are a few other rooms and i believe there have been requests for more, these rooms below can all be accessed 의해 the 링그 below 또는 from the spot 집 page, again on the right above the 퀴즈 질문 and forums. If 당신 open a chat from a 집 page rather than the link, it will open in it's own seperate box instead of tab 또는 new window. The other rooms are;
link
link
link
link
The Functions
The chat is nice and simple and fairly easy to use , so this may seem slightly patronising to some people but i have been asked a couple of things before and in doing research i have also found a couple of things out myself, so i thought i would write all of the functions and my findings down.
The Colors-The user names in the chat are several different colors, there seems to be no meaning to this and are completley random. 당신 can change your color if 당신 really wish to do so 의해 signing in and out. 당신 can sign in and out 의해 either simply refreshing the page 또는 의해 clicking the small green button in the 상단, 맨 위로 right corner.
Warns-You can warn someone 의해 hovering over their username. Warns are designed to literally warn a user when they are behaving badly e.g. spamming, abusive language. 팬팝 was told that if a user was warned over a certain amount of times they would be "muted" aka they would not be allowed to type anymore in the chat. There are a couple of users though who have been warned so many times, one user over 50 times! so if 당신 get warned for nothing (yes there are some out there immature enough to do that for fun) don't worry about it. If 당신 do get warned though it's always worth 읽기 your last couple of messages to see if 당신 could have been doing something to annoy 또는 upset a fellow user. Warns are completely anonymous, even if 당신 use the warn button in a private message it will appear in the main chat not the PM.
PMs-Again to personally message someone 당신 can hover over their username. Only the two of 당신 can see that conversation and 당신 can not invite other users. 당신 can warn and block someone directly from the PM box. As said above any warns done via the PM box will appear in the main chat. If 당신 block someone and then send them a private message it automatically unblocks them. Anything written in private message will not be censored.
Blocking-Again to block someone 당신 hover over their profile. When 당신 block someone 당신 can no longer see anything they write in chat neither will 당신 see anything they message to you, if 당신 unblock them the messages will NOT reappear. 당신 can unblock them the exact same way, messaging someone will also unblock them. When 당신 have been blocked your self 당신 will not know, it will be completley unknown to other users also. A user will stay blocked even if 당신 sign off and then back on again.
Censoring-Meebo chat rooms have fairly strict censors and a lot of stuff can set them off, just for reference here's a couple of words 당신 might not expect to be censored
-Homo("Homosexual" will appear as "****sexual")
-queer
-penis and vagina
-niga (so if 당신 write "alyson hanigan" it appears as "alyson ha****n")
-porn
-sh it (yes even if 당신 make a 우주 in the middle it will 별, 스타 it out e.g. "finish it" will appear as "fini****")
and oh yes "dick 봉고차, 반 dyke" will appear as "**** 봉고차, 반 ****"
These are just stupid stuff but obviously 당신 can get around these 의해 typing with spaces inbetween letters e.g. say 당신 wished to talk about "q u e e r as folk" 당신 would have to talk like that so people can see what 당신 talking about.
When 당신 type a message 당신 will be able to see what 당신 have written but others it will appear starred, except for in private messages where everything is uncensored.
A Couple of Little Extras
The chat does have sound, the on/off button can be seen in the bottom left. When someone types on the main chat it will make a small click, when someone PMs 당신 it will make a bleep noise. I find this useful if 당신 enter the chat and are the only user in the chat, 당신 can then turn the sound so when someone else comes in 당신 will hear them and not miss them. It is also useful if your PMing 더 많이 than one user.
당신 can access a fanpopper's 프로필 again 의해 hovering over their name
When 당신 first enter the chat 당신 can read about half a page of conversation to catch up with what has been said
There is a small smiley face to the right of your message box, this allows 당신 to add certain smilies to your message. For a full list see below.
My Opinion on Etiquette
These are just a couple of etiquette suggestions, from my own opinion and from what i have gathered from others, they are in no way rules just something to consider.
Spamming-Spam can be anything from repeating the same comment, sending the same link over and over 또는 simply just 글쓰기 gibberish. It is annoying and unnecessary just like any kind of spam and may be a reason for warnings 또는 being blocked. If someone excessively does this after being warned and informed i suggest 당신 신고 them via their profile.
Chat speak-Although i understand fully this is a chat room, 팬팝 still has many users who's first language is not english and it will be hard enough for some of them to follow the speed of the chatroom without the difficulties of chat speak as well so please try and avoid it. Though I'm sure everyone understands that typing quickly often leads to mistakes....I, myself will probably make loads in this proof read article...my apologies for any :S
Specific Rooms-There have been specific chat rooms created so people can talk about specific topics with out annoying other chatters, these are mentioned above. If there is not a specific chat room for your interest and there is only one person in the room 당신 wish to talk about this topic to, 당신 can always send them a private message. If the room is pretty much 스플릿, 분할 then i suggest asking the F4 for another specific chat room and in the mean while trying to find a empty chat room. There is normally one somewhere and i see no harm in using it untill 더 많이 팬 enter.
Warns-Warning someone for no reason is not clever and as i stated above seems to result in nothing. Do not do this it's annoying to other chatters and it's frankly completely pointless. Warnings are reserved to show people they are not behaving properly in the chat. If 당신 really have a problem with someone about something like spamming the chat, i suggest 당신 block them and 신고 them on their 프로필 and add some notes so the 팬팝 team know why.
emotions/emotes/smilies-Emotes 또는 emotions 또는 smilies, what ever 당신 want to call them can be fun and a good way to communicate something quickly 또는 most importantly to express 당신 tone, something not done easily through chat. However although i realise finding new emotes is exciting for some of you, it does become very spam like and annoying if 당신 test them all out repeatably.
Full list of emotions/emotes/smilies
Below is a full list of meebo smilies and all the shortcuts to them. I would have 게시됨 this as a link but i couldn't find a full list where all of them worked correctly, so 의해 combining different lists and sources and testing shortcuts 의해 messaging myself (oh yes I'm crazy) I have managed to put this together.
Oh I also couldn't find 이미지 for them all so some are my makeshift paint stuff so my apologies for the weird looking ones, they do look better on chat, I assure you.
The Emotes Box
These are the emotes that 당신 can find in the box to the right of the message box, as mentioned above. Although i realize 당신 can already use all of these I thought it would be useful to add the other shortcuts for them as some are easier to type than 또는 others 또는 than clicking on the box.
- (smile) :) :-) =) =-)
- :D :-D (grin)
- (cool) B) B-) 8) 8-)
- :-> :>
- (arr) (arrr) (pirate)
- (wink)
- :P :-P
- (lol) x-D X-D :)) LOL
- :S :-S :s :-s
- :-* :*
- (sarcasm) /:) /:-)
- (neutral) :| :-|
- :T :-T
- :x :X :-X :-x
- (sad) :( :-(
- :'D
- :'(
- (hmm)
- :\
- (emo) //:|
- (rapper)
- :)>-
- (ninja)
- (skull)
- (pacman)
- (ghost)
- (m) 8(|)
- (panda)
- :@)
other faces
- (angel) O:)
- (evil) (devil) >:) >>:) >>:-) >:-)
- (mad) >>:( >:( >>:-( >:-(
- (angry) >:o
- (eek) (shock) (yikes) :o :O :-o
- :-B :B :-b :b (nerd)
- $) $-) (money)
- :-& +o( (sick)
- L-) (loser)
- |-) (sleepy)
- (liar) :^o :^O
- (beaten) b-(
- (O_O) (O.O)
- (o.O) (O.o)
- (nerdpirate)
random stuff
- (love) (l)
- (unlove) (u)
- (bender)
- (genderbender)
- (doraemon)
- (ultimatefrisbee)
- (rockyou)
I would just like to say special thanks to gerley123, DarkSarcasm, pollyloveshouse and spotty_vision21 for helping me test a couple of things in the chat room.
Also thanks to meebo, wikipedia and computer-erase for some of the information in this 기사 as well as a quick mention to David Vignoni who designed and created all the emotions shown above.
If anyone knows of any other 또는 new spot specific chat rooms, emotes 또는 features 또는 is just has a 질문 또는 is still confused 의해 something could 당신 please 코멘트 as i would like to keep this as updated and informative as possible, thankyou :D
The rooms
The rooms are ran 의해 a company called meebo and we now have quite a few of them. There is of course the main 팬팝 room which can be accessed from the homepage on the right just above the 퀴즈 또는 from this link
link
They're are a few other rooms and i believe there have been requests for more, these rooms below can all be accessed 의해 the 링그 below 또는 from the spot 집 page, again on the right above the 퀴즈 질문 and forums. If 당신 open a chat from a 집 page rather than the link, it will open in it's own seperate box instead of tab 또는 new window. The other rooms are;
link
link
link
link
The Functions
The chat is nice and simple and fairly easy to use , so this may seem slightly patronising to some people but i have been asked a couple of things before and in doing research i have also found a couple of things out myself, so i thought i would write all of the functions and my findings down.
The Colors-The user names in the chat are several different colors, there seems to be no meaning to this and are completley random. 당신 can change your color if 당신 really wish to do so 의해 signing in and out. 당신 can sign in and out 의해 either simply refreshing the page 또는 의해 clicking the small green button in the 상단, 맨 위로 right corner.
Warns-You can warn someone 의해 hovering over their username. Warns are designed to literally warn a user when they are behaving badly e.g. spamming, abusive language. 팬팝 was told that if a user was warned over a certain amount of times they would be "muted" aka they would not be allowed to type anymore in the chat. There are a couple of users though who have been warned so many times, one user over 50 times! so if 당신 get warned for nothing (yes there are some out there immature enough to do that for fun) don't worry about it. If 당신 do get warned though it's always worth 읽기 your last couple of messages to see if 당신 could have been doing something to annoy 또는 upset a fellow user. Warns are completely anonymous, even if 당신 use the warn button in a private message it will appear in the main chat not the PM.
PMs-Again to personally message someone 당신 can hover over their username. Only the two of 당신 can see that conversation and 당신 can not invite other users. 당신 can warn and block someone directly from the PM box. As said above any warns done via the PM box will appear in the main chat. If 당신 block someone and then send them a private message it automatically unblocks them. Anything written in private message will not be censored.
Blocking-Again to block someone 당신 hover over their profile. When 당신 block someone 당신 can no longer see anything they write in chat neither will 당신 see anything they message to you, if 당신 unblock them the messages will NOT reappear. 당신 can unblock them the exact same way, messaging someone will also unblock them. When 당신 have been blocked your self 당신 will not know, it will be completley unknown to other users also. A user will stay blocked even if 당신 sign off and then back on again.
Censoring-Meebo chat rooms have fairly strict censors and a lot of stuff can set them off, just for reference here's a couple of words 당신 might not expect to be censored
-Homo("Homosexual" will appear as "****sexual")
-queer
-penis and vagina
-niga (so if 당신 write "alyson hanigan" it appears as "alyson ha****n")
-porn
-sh it (yes even if 당신 make a 우주 in the middle it will 별, 스타 it out e.g. "finish it" will appear as "fini****")
and oh yes "dick 봉고차, 반 dyke" will appear as "**** 봉고차, 반 ****"
These are just stupid stuff but obviously 당신 can get around these 의해 typing with spaces inbetween letters e.g. say 당신 wished to talk about "q u e e r as folk" 당신 would have to talk like that so people can see what 당신 talking about.
When 당신 type a message 당신 will be able to see what 당신 have written but others it will appear starred, except for in private messages where everything is uncensored.
A Couple of Little Extras
The chat does have sound, the on/off button can be seen in the bottom left. When someone types on the main chat it will make a small click, when someone PMs 당신 it will make a bleep noise. I find this useful if 당신 enter the chat and are the only user in the chat, 당신 can then turn the sound so when someone else comes in 당신 will hear them and not miss them. It is also useful if your PMing 더 많이 than one user.
당신 can access a fanpopper's 프로필 again 의해 hovering over their name
When 당신 first enter the chat 당신 can read about half a page of conversation to catch up with what has been said
There is a small smiley face to the right of your message box, this allows 당신 to add certain smilies to your message. For a full list see below.
My Opinion on Etiquette
These are just a couple of etiquette suggestions, from my own opinion and from what i have gathered from others, they are in no way rules just something to consider.
Spamming-Spam can be anything from repeating the same comment, sending the same link over and over 또는 simply just 글쓰기 gibberish. It is annoying and unnecessary just like any kind of spam and may be a reason for warnings 또는 being blocked. If someone excessively does this after being warned and informed i suggest 당신 신고 them via their profile.
Chat speak-Although i understand fully this is a chat room, 팬팝 still has many users who's first language is not english and it will be hard enough for some of them to follow the speed of the chatroom without the difficulties of chat speak as well so please try and avoid it. Though I'm sure everyone understands that typing quickly often leads to mistakes....I, myself will probably make loads in this proof read article...my apologies for any :S
Specific Rooms-There have been specific chat rooms created so people can talk about specific topics with out annoying other chatters, these are mentioned above. If there is not a specific chat room for your interest and there is only one person in the room 당신 wish to talk about this topic to, 당신 can always send them a private message. If the room is pretty much 스플릿, 분할 then i suggest asking the F4 for another specific chat room and in the mean while trying to find a empty chat room. There is normally one somewhere and i see no harm in using it untill 더 많이 팬 enter.
Warns-Warning someone for no reason is not clever and as i stated above seems to result in nothing. Do not do this it's annoying to other chatters and it's frankly completely pointless. Warnings are reserved to show people they are not behaving properly in the chat. If 당신 really have a problem with someone about something like spamming the chat, i suggest 당신 block them and 신고 them on their 프로필 and add some notes so the 팬팝 team know why.
emotions/emotes/smilies-Emotes 또는 emotions 또는 smilies, what ever 당신 want to call them can be fun and a good way to communicate something quickly 또는 most importantly to express 당신 tone, something not done easily through chat. However although i realise finding new emotes is exciting for some of you, it does become very spam like and annoying if 당신 test them all out repeatably.
Full list of emotions/emotes/smilies
Below is a full list of meebo smilies and all the shortcuts to them. I would have 게시됨 this as a link but i couldn't find a full list where all of them worked correctly, so 의해 combining different lists and sources and testing shortcuts 의해 messaging myself (oh yes I'm crazy) I have managed to put this together.
Oh I also couldn't find 이미지 for them all so some are my makeshift paint stuff so my apologies for the weird looking ones, they do look better on chat, I assure you.
The Emotes Box
These are the emotes that 당신 can find in the box to the right of the message box, as mentioned above. Although i realize 당신 can already use all of these I thought it would be useful to add the other shortcuts for them as some are easier to type than 또는 others 또는 than clicking on the box.
- (smile) :) :-) =) =-)
- :D :-D (grin)
- (cool) B) B-) 8) 8-)
- :-> :>
- (arr) (arrr) (pirate)
- (wink)
- :P :-P
- (lol) x-D X-D :)) LOL
- :S :-S :s :-s
- :-* :*
- (sarcasm) /:) /:-)
- (neutral) :| :-|
- :T :-T
- :x :X :-X :-x
- (sad) :( :-(
- :'D
- :'(
- (hmm)
- :\
- (emo) //:|
- (rapper)
- :)>-
- (ninja)
- (skull)
- (pacman)
- (ghost)
- (m) 8(|)
- (panda)
- :@)
other faces
- (angel) O:)
- (evil) (devil) >:) >>:) >>:-) >:-)
- (mad) >>:( >:( >>:-( >:-(
- (angry) >:o
- (eek) (shock) (yikes) :o :O :-o
- :-B :B :-b :b (nerd)
- $) $-) (money)
- :-& +o( (sick)
- L-) (loser)
- |-) (sleepy)
- (liar) :^o :^O
- (beaten) b-(
- (O_O) (O.O)
- (o.O) (O.o)
- (nerdpirate)
random stuff
- (love) (l)
- (unlove) (u)
- (bender)
- (genderbender)
- (doraemon)
- (ultimatefrisbee)
- (rockyou)
I would just like to say special thanks to gerley123, DarkSarcasm, pollyloveshouse and spotty_vision21 for helping me test a couple of things in the chat room.
Also thanks to meebo, wikipedia and computer-erase for some of the information in this 기사 as well as a quick mention to David Vignoni who designed and created all the emotions shown above.
If anyone knows of any other 또는 new spot specific chat rooms, emotes 또는 features 또는 is just has a 질문 또는 is still confused 의해 something could 당신 please 코멘트 as i would like to keep this as updated and informative as possible, thankyou :D