xin chào guys i couldn't really find a link hoặc anything about the fanpop 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 danh sách of all the meebo emotions and all the different keyboard shortcuts for the users that where asking, hopefully some of bạn will find it useful. bạn 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 bạn who like to scan các bài viết :D, enjoy.
The rooms
The rooms are ran bởi a company called meebo and we now have quite a few of them. There is of course the main fanpop room which can be accessed from the homepage on the right just above the câu đố hoặc 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 bởi the đường dẫn below hoặc from the spot trang chủ page, again on the right above the câu hỏi kiểm tra các câu hỏi and forums. If bạn open a chat from a trang chủ page rather than the link, it will open in it's own seperate box instead of tab hoặc 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. bạn can change your color if bạn really wish to do so bởi signing in and out. bạn can sign in and out bởi either simply refreshing the page hoặc bởi clicking the small green button in the hàng đầu, đầu trang right corner.
Warns-You can warn someone bởi hovering over their username. Warns are designed to literally warn a user when they are behaving badly e.g. spamming, abusive language. fanpop 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 bạn get warned for nothing (yes there are some out there immature enough to do that for fun) don't worry about it. If bạn do get warned though it's always worth đọc your last couple of messages to see if bạn could have been doing something to annoy hoặc upset a fellow user. Warns are completely anonymous, even if bạn use the warn button in a private message it will appear in the main chat not the PM.
PMs-Again to personally message someone bạn can hover over their username. Only the two of bạn can see that conversation and bạn can not invite other users. bạn can warn and block someone directly from the PM box. As đã đưa ý kiến above any warns done via the PM box will appear in the main chat. If bạn 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 bạn hover over their profile. When bạn block someone bạn can no longer see anything they write in chat neither will bạn see anything they message to you, if bạn unblock them the messages will NOT reappear. bạn can unblock them the exact same way, messaging someone will also unblock them. When bạn have been blocked your self bạn will not know, it will be completley unknown to other users also. A user will stay blocked even if bạn 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 bạn might not expect to be censored
-Homo("Homosexual" will appear as "****sexual")
-queer
-penis and vagina
-niga (so if bạn write "alyson hanigan" it appears as "alyson ha****n")
-porn
-sh it (yes even if bạn make a không gian in the middle it will ngôi sao it out e.g. "finish it" will appear as "fini****")
and oh yes "dick van dyke" will appear as "**** van ****"
These are just stupid stuff but obviously bạn can get around these bởi typing with spaces inbetween letters e.g. say bạn wished to talk about "q u e e r as folk" bạn would have to talk like that so people can see what bạn talking about.
When bạn type a message bạn will be able to see what bạn 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 bạn it will make a bleep noise. I find this useful if bạn enter the chat and are the only user in the chat, bạn can then turn the sound so when someone else comes in bạn will hear them and not miss them. It is also useful if your PMing thêm than one user.
bạn can access a fanpopper's thông tin các nhân again bởi hovering over their name
When bạn first enter the chat bạn 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 bạn to add certain smilies to your message. For a full danh sách 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 hoặc simply just nghề viết văn gibberish. It is annoying and unnecessary just like any kind of spam and may be a reason for warnings hoặc being blocked. If someone excessively does this after being warned and informed i suggest bạn báo cáo them via their profile.
Chat speak-Although i understand fully this is a chat room, fanpop 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 bạn wish to talk about this topic to, bạn can always send them a private message. If the room is pretty much chẻ, phân chia, split 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 thêm những người hâm mộ 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 hiển thị people they are not behaving properly in the chat. If bạn really have a problem with someone about something like spamming the chat, i suggest bạn block them and báo cáo them on their thông tin các nhân and add some notes so the fanpop team know why.
emotions/emotes/smilies-Emotes hoặc emotions hoặc smilies, what ever bạn want to call them can be fun and a good way to communicate something quickly hoặc most importantly to express bạn 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 bạn test them all out repeatably.
Full danh sách of emotions/emotes/smilies
Below is a full danh sách of meebo smilies and all the shortcuts to them. I would have đã đăng this as a link but i couldn't find a full danh sách where all of them worked correctly, so bởi combining different lists and sources and testing shortcuts bởi messaging myself (oh yes I'm crazy) I have managed to put this together.
Oh I also couldn't find hình ảnh 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 bạn can find in the box to the right of the message box, as mentioned above. Although i realize bạn 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 hoặc others hoặc 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 bài viết as well as a quick mention to David Vignoni who designed and created all the emotions shown above.
If anyone knows of any other hoặc new spot specific chat rooms, emotes hoặc features hoặc is just has a câu hỏi hoặc is still confused bởi something could bạn please bình luận as i would like to keep this as updated and informative as possible, thankyou :D
The rooms
The rooms are ran bởi a company called meebo and we now have quite a few of them. There is of course the main fanpop room which can be accessed from the homepage on the right just above the câu đố hoặc 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 bởi the đường dẫn below hoặc from the spot trang chủ page, again on the right above the câu hỏi kiểm tra các câu hỏi and forums. If bạn open a chat from a trang chủ page rather than the link, it will open in it's own seperate box instead of tab hoặc 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. bạn can change your color if bạn really wish to do so bởi signing in and out. bạn can sign in and out bởi either simply refreshing the page hoặc bởi clicking the small green button in the hàng đầu, đầu trang right corner.
Warns-You can warn someone bởi hovering over their username. Warns are designed to literally warn a user when they are behaving badly e.g. spamming, abusive language. fanpop 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 bạn get warned for nothing (yes there are some out there immature enough to do that for fun) don't worry about it. If bạn do get warned though it's always worth đọc your last couple of messages to see if bạn could have been doing something to annoy hoặc upset a fellow user. Warns are completely anonymous, even if bạn use the warn button in a private message it will appear in the main chat not the PM.
PMs-Again to personally message someone bạn can hover over their username. Only the two of bạn can see that conversation and bạn can not invite other users. bạn can warn and block someone directly from the PM box. As đã đưa ý kiến above any warns done via the PM box will appear in the main chat. If bạn 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 bạn hover over their profile. When bạn block someone bạn can no longer see anything they write in chat neither will bạn see anything they message to you, if bạn unblock them the messages will NOT reappear. bạn can unblock them the exact same way, messaging someone will also unblock them. When bạn have been blocked your self bạn will not know, it will be completley unknown to other users also. A user will stay blocked even if bạn 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 bạn might not expect to be censored
-Homo("Homosexual" will appear as "****sexual")
-queer
-penis and vagina
-niga (so if bạn write "alyson hanigan" it appears as "alyson ha****n")
-porn
-sh it (yes even if bạn make a không gian in the middle it will ngôi sao it out e.g. "finish it" will appear as "fini****")
and oh yes "dick van dyke" will appear as "**** van ****"
These are just stupid stuff but obviously bạn can get around these bởi typing with spaces inbetween letters e.g. say bạn wished to talk about "q u e e r as folk" bạn would have to talk like that so people can see what bạn talking about.
When bạn type a message bạn will be able to see what bạn 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 bạn it will make a bleep noise. I find this useful if bạn enter the chat and are the only user in the chat, bạn can then turn the sound so when someone else comes in bạn will hear them and not miss them. It is also useful if your PMing thêm than one user.
bạn can access a fanpopper's thông tin các nhân again bởi hovering over their name
When bạn first enter the chat bạn 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 bạn to add certain smilies to your message. For a full danh sách 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 hoặc simply just nghề viết văn gibberish. It is annoying and unnecessary just like any kind of spam and may be a reason for warnings hoặc being blocked. If someone excessively does this after being warned and informed i suggest bạn báo cáo them via their profile.
Chat speak-Although i understand fully this is a chat room, fanpop 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 bạn wish to talk about this topic to, bạn can always send them a private message. If the room is pretty much chẻ, phân chia, split 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 thêm những người hâm mộ 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 hiển thị people they are not behaving properly in the chat. If bạn really have a problem with someone about something like spamming the chat, i suggest bạn block them and báo cáo them on their thông tin các nhân and add some notes so the fanpop team know why.
emotions/emotes/smilies-Emotes hoặc emotions hoặc smilies, what ever bạn want to call them can be fun and a good way to communicate something quickly hoặc most importantly to express bạn 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 bạn test them all out repeatably.
Full danh sách of emotions/emotes/smilies
Below is a full danh sách of meebo smilies and all the shortcuts to them. I would have đã đăng this as a link but i couldn't find a full danh sách where all of them worked correctly, so bởi combining different lists and sources and testing shortcuts bởi messaging myself (oh yes I'm crazy) I have managed to put this together.
Oh I also couldn't find hình ảnh 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 bạn can find in the box to the right of the message box, as mentioned above. Although i realize bạn 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 hoặc others hoặc 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 bài viết as well as a quick mention to David Vignoni who designed and created all the emotions shown above.
If anyone knows of any other hoặc new spot specific chat rooms, emotes hoặc features hoặc is just has a câu hỏi hoặc is still confused bởi something could bạn please bình luận as i would like to keep this as updated and informative as possible, thankyou :D