Webmasters that contact on ICQ
 

What is it with some people? You're sitting there working away, maybe also dicking around on a few boards, radio playing, coffee brewing..... and an ICQ comes in.

"hey"


And you're like.... okay, hey what? You don't recognize the person, so you say "hello" :)

then nothing for a minute or two. Then....

"I wanted to ask you about ________" ... could be trading links, buying traffic or content, could be design work, whatever.

You say back "sure, what did you need help with?" ..... you know, being friendly.


Then nothing. 5 minutes goes by, you're still working, posting, what-have-you.... and you realize that the guy hasn't said anyting. So you shoot another message to him saying "Okay, well let me know if I can help you with anything"


and nothing. I get at least 1 to 3 of these people every fucking day, out of all the people that I communicate with. Has another 10% of the population gone mental without me knowing about it? :321GFY

somethign that pisses me off...

<person> do you bla bla bla ?

<me> yes

<person> what question are you saying yes to

sorry about that CD

i really have valid questions to ask you but i always get side-tracked by all the free porn and just end up rubbing one off and falling asleep

:(

same here..:(

ICQ needs a choke feature.




:ak47:
:BangBang:

It could be that your ICQ protection is turned on. That way people that are not on your ICQ list can't send you messages with URLS in them. I mean they can send, but the message won't go thru.

So you like: what can i help ya with ?
And he is: my site http://blah-blah.com needs some traffic or whatever.

And that message won't go thru to you.



:2 cents:

Well...yes...it is now at 110% and counting.

lol same shit here I get 3-5 a day

And I also get at least once a day a guy from some other planet asking, can we licence your script and how much and how soon and would you work for a percent LMAO

Happening to me as I read this thread.

ami(19:02 PM) :
hello
el presidente(19:02 PM) :
Hi
el presidente(19:03 PM) :
Whats up.
el presidente(19:08 PM) :
Can I help you with anything.
ami(19:09 PM) :
inei bis noy strink
el presidente(19:09 PM) :
sorry you've lost me.
ami(19:10 PM) :
ok
ami(19:10 PM) :
argentina
el presidente(19:10 PM) :
Spain
ami(19:11 PM) :
yes
el presidente(19:12 PM) :
Que quieres
el presidente(19:13 PM) :
do you run a tgp
el presidente(19:28 PM) :
So do you want me for anything, or ?



And if anyone knows what 'inei bis noy strink'
I'd be appreciate it, hehe.

It means "I let you bite my kubasa"

It's lower mongolian.

You do know that is your chatting with someone who is not on your ICQ list somtimes the msg does not go through.

Happend to me a few times, I was chatting, sending messages and I though I was being ignored. I emailed the person who I thought was ignoring me and they said the only msg they got was "Hey".

Thankfully they did not get "why the fuck are you ignoring me you fuck head" , lol

Ray

Sounds kinky maybe I should talk to her a bit more.

I though it might be some hairy turk telling me
he just fucked my mum.

icq is fucked up, 50 % of the time... I get messages sometimes that are from days before ?? I love it when it just crashes too :feels-hot

:uhoh

Yup agreed...ICQ is fucked up.I get that all the time. unless they are in your list sometimes you have to shut it down and restart.Also if requesting trades with urls you have to place a space inbetween www icqfuckingsucks .com

hey

Uhmmm, good info. I have ICQ, but use it through Trillian.

I've encountered these 'no reply' messages too and just thought the person was too busy or away from their desk to reply.

If the message does not go through, does ICQ advise the sending party? Is there anyway to see if a message was actually received?

Looking forward to some answers! Great post!

:winkwink:

no and no

Mine or his?? :glugglug




Yeah, I know there are times when messages don't get through. That's frustrating too, like when you send someone a message, then minimize the message box and continue working.... then 10 minutes later the person says "You still there?"

ha ha :1orglaugh


Webmasters... it may be time to seek out a different communication device. First person to say "AIM" dies.

Are you there?

"Did you get my last message?"

use email it works better and is more reliable !

just not as handy for quick ?'s

I get this all the time too if you are invisible or anything but
active online ICQ often drops messages.

Its frustrating on both sides of the fence.

often people send you a icq about your webmaster program and you dont get it. So they think your ignoring them and they just move to the next sponsor. When in fact ICQ is justa pile of shit.

It cost me buisness all the time I am sure.

LMFAO!!!

No doubt...ICQ can be completely frustrating...

Hi

Hi, how can I help you?

~~~two hours later....~~~

Hi

Hello, can I help you with something?

~~~two days later...~~~

Hi

Yes, hello...how are you? Can I help you with something?

~~~

Now this is what I call a productive use of time - NOT!

:ak47: :321GFY

But, when it does work...it really is the best form of one-on-one instant communication.

Great thread, CD!

I had a guy icq me this:

Him: Hello?
Me: Hi, how can I help you?
Him: *lot's of jibberish in Russian*
Me: Sorry, I only speak english.
Him: Then why you respond??? Fuck off!!

Me: *hits ignore user button*

hey

You're actually surprised that most people are idiots? :)

Funny, I ICQ'd you about 90 minutes ago (seriously) so I assume you didn't :(

Thanks for the reply.

I'm enjoying this entire thread.

:glugglug