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ways_back_room2007-11-29 04:50 am
gethenian.livejournal.com) wrote in ways_back_room2007-11-29 04:50 am
The "AIM Critical Fail" alternate contact list
AIM is a whore. AIM is a crackwhore with syphilis who sucks, doesn't swallow, then overcharges you for "services" rendered. We seem to have a backroom crackTHREAD thingy going for people who can't access chat, but I propose a list of alternate contact info everyone can post to right here and be sure it's all up-to-date, since the Milliways contact info thingy is not necessarily reliable. Firstly...
Sites that provide messenging services:
AIM main site
AIM Express, which can be run without downloading AIM
Yahoo messenger
MSN messenger
Google Talk messenger
Gmail, which has a messenger feature you just use from your main E-Mail page.
Chatspike, for java-based IRC access without downloading an IRC client
Trillian, which will connect to multiple existing AIM/other messenger accounts.
Meebo, which does the same thing as Trillian but without having to download anything. In my experience, it's much easier to use.
If I left anything out, tell me in comments and I'll stick it on here.
For people who use AIM as their main messenger, like I do, my current experience is this:
1. If AIM will not connect to one screen name, it may connect to another, so try creating a second screen name.
2. Meebo is the best alternate connection route for AIM names. It looks and functions just like AIM does and keeps your IM windows in one single internet window.
3. If you can't connect to any of your AIM handles, creating a Gmail account is a quick, easy way to set up a non-AIM-based instant messenger alternative.
And now...
Mun Contact Info Form:
Mun name:
Characters:
Plots/Groups you have pups involved with: [Both current plots and groups such as Security, medical pups, Delicate Flowers, etc.]
Instant Messenger Screennames:
[Name of messenger] - [screenname(s)]
Primary E-Mail:
Gmail:
Any other contact info: (such as links to journal posts people can reply to that will give you a comment notification if you'd rather not give out your other contact info publically, or misc. other forums and sites with PM options you can be reached through)
How you refer to be contacted:
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For this post, please limit replies ONLY to contact info forms. Keeping threading to a minimum will prevent contact forms from being hidden behind uberthread links so people can find mun/character names using ctrl+F. :)
Sites that provide messenging services:
AIM main site
AIM Express, which can be run without downloading AIM
Yahoo messenger
MSN messenger
Google Talk messenger
Gmail, which has a messenger feature you just use from your main E-Mail page.
Chatspike, for java-based IRC access without downloading an IRC client
Trillian, which will connect to multiple existing AIM/other messenger accounts.
Meebo, which does the same thing as Trillian but without having to download anything. In my experience, it's much easier to use.
If I left anything out, tell me in comments and I'll stick it on here.
For people who use AIM as their main messenger, like I do, my current experience is this:
1. If AIM will not connect to one screen name, it may connect to another, so try creating a second screen name.
2. Meebo is the best alternate connection route for AIM names. It looks and functions just like AIM does and keeps your IM windows in one single internet window.
3. If you can't connect to any of your AIM handles, creating a Gmail account is a quick, easy way to set up a non-AIM-based instant messenger alternative.
And now...
Mun Contact Info Form:
Mun name:
Characters:
Plots/Groups you have pups involved with: [Both current plots and groups such as Security, medical pups, Delicate Flowers, etc.]
Instant Messenger Screennames:
[Name of messenger] - [screenname(s)]
Primary E-Mail:
Gmail:
Any other contact info: (such as links to journal posts people can reply to that will give you a comment notification if you'd rather not give out your other contact info publically, or misc. other forums and sites with PM options you can be reached through)
How you refer to be contacted:
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For this post, please limit replies ONLY to contact info forms. Keeping threading to a minimum will prevent contact forms from being hidden behind uberthread links so people can find mun/character names using ctrl+F. :)
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Characters: Ryoko Hakubi, Washuu Hakubi, Lucy Diamond, Crow T Robot, Sadi the Eunuch
Plots/Groups you have pups involved with: Shogun plot, and one sideplot-which-has-no-name.
Instant Messenger Screennames:
AIM - cultleaderfenny, girlswithgear
Yahoo! - cj_jones_42
Primary E-Mail: cj_jones_42@yahoo.com
Gmail: cjjones42@gmail.com
Any other contact info: primary journal is
How you prefer to be contacted: any of the above, really. I'm latched to the laptop an awful lot of my day, so it's all good.