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chat room is an online space (everything from 2-D text-based pages
to 3-D virtual reality worlds) where two or more people can "meet"
and frantically type real-time messages to and fro. To keep conversation
focused, chat rooms are often limited to a theme, for instance ...
chocodiles. Anyone with an Internet connection, the proper chatting
software, and a burning need to talk about creamy filling can join
in the fun. At their best, chat rooms allow folks to meet and socialize
with people from all around the world (some have forged life-long
friendships, even met future spouses online). At their worst, chat
rooms are crowded, confusing, angry conflict meccas where people
drunk on anonymity let fly with whatever anti-social thought comes
to their busy, typo-generating fingers. |
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