salut guys i couldn't really find a link ou 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 liste of all the meebo emotions and all the different keyboard shortcuts for the users that where asking, hopefully some of toi will find it useful. toi 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 toi who like to scan articles :D, enjoy.
The rooms
The rooms are ran par 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 quizz ou 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 par the liens below ou from the spot accueil page, again on the right above the quizz questions and forums. If toi open a chat from a accueil page rather than the link, it will open in it's own seperate box instead of tab ou 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. toi can change your color if toi really wish to do so par signing in and out. toi can sign in and out par either simply refreshing the page ou par clicking the small green button in the haut, retour au début right corner.
Warns-You can warn someone par 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 toi get warned for nothing (yes there are some out there immature enough to do that for fun) don't worry about it. If toi do get warned though it's always worth lire your last couple of messages to see if toi could have been doing something to annoy ou upset a fellow user. Warns are completely anonymous, even if toi use the warn button in a private message it will appear in the main chat not the PM.
PMs-Again to personally message someone toi can hover over their username. Only the two of toi can see that conversation and toi can not invite other users. toi can warn and block someone directly from the PM box. As a dit above any warns done via the PM box will appear in the main chat. If toi 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 toi hover over their profile. When toi block someone toi can no longer see anything they write in chat neither will toi see anything they message to you, if toi unblock them the messages will NOT reappear. toi can unblock them the exact same way, messaging someone will also unblock them. When toi have been blocked your self toi will not know, it will be completley unknown to other users also. A user will stay blocked even if toi 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 toi might not expect to be censored
-Homo("Homosexual" will appear as "****sexual")
-queer
-penis and vagina
-niga (so if toi write "alyson hanigan" it appears as "alyson ha****n")
-porn
-sh it (yes even if toi make a l’espace in the middle it will étoile, star 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 toi can get around these par typing with spaces inbetween letters e.g. say toi wished to talk about "q u e e r as folk" toi would have to talk like that so people can see what toi talking about.
When toi type a message toi will be able to see what toi 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 toi it will make a bleep noise. I find this useful if toi enter the chat and are the only user in the chat, toi can then turn the sound so when someone else comes in toi will hear them and not miss them. It is also useful if your PMing plus than one user.
toi can access a fanpopper's profil again par hovering over their name
When toi first enter the chat toi 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 toi to add certain smilies to your message. For a full liste 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 ou simply just écriture gibberish. It is annoying and unnecessary just like any kind of spam and may be a reason for warnings ou being blocked. If someone excessively does this after being warned and informed i suggest toi rapporter 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 toi wish to talk about this topic to, toi can always send them a private message. If the room is pretty much divisé, 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 plus fans 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 montrer people they are not behaving properly in the chat. If toi really have a problem with someone about something like spamming the chat, i suggest toi block them and rapporter them on their profil and add some notes so the fanpop team know why.
emotions/emotes/smilies-Emotes ou emotions ou smilies, what ever toi want to call them can be fun and a good way to communicate something quickly ou most importantly to express toi 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 toi test them all out repeatably.
Full liste of emotions/emotes/smilies
Below is a full liste of meebo smilies and all the shortcuts to them. I would have posté this as a link but i couldn't find a full liste where all of them worked correctly, so par combining different lists and sources and testing shortcuts par messaging myself (oh yes I'm crazy) I have managed to put this together.
Oh I also couldn't find images 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 toi can find in the box to the right of the message box, as mentioned above. Although i realize toi 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 ou others ou 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 article as well as a quick mention to David Vignoni who designed and created all the emotions shown above.
If anyone knows of any other ou new spot specific chat rooms, emotes ou features ou is just has a question ou is still confused par something could toi please commentaire as i would like to keep this as updated and informative as possible, thankyou :D
The rooms
The rooms are ran par 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 quizz ou 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 par the liens below ou from the spot accueil page, again on the right above the quizz questions and forums. If toi open a chat from a accueil page rather than the link, it will open in it's own seperate box instead of tab ou 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. toi can change your color if toi really wish to do so par signing in and out. toi can sign in and out par either simply refreshing the page ou par clicking the small green button in the haut, retour au début right corner.
Warns-You can warn someone par 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 toi get warned for nothing (yes there are some out there immature enough to do that for fun) don't worry about it. If toi do get warned though it's always worth lire your last couple of messages to see if toi could have been doing something to annoy ou upset a fellow user. Warns are completely anonymous, even if toi use the warn button in a private message it will appear in the main chat not the PM.
PMs-Again to personally message someone toi can hover over their username. Only the two of toi can see that conversation and toi can not invite other users. toi can warn and block someone directly from the PM box. As a dit above any warns done via the PM box will appear in the main chat. If toi 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 toi hover over their profile. When toi block someone toi can no longer see anything they write in chat neither will toi see anything they message to you, if toi unblock them the messages will NOT reappear. toi can unblock them the exact same way, messaging someone will also unblock them. When toi have been blocked your self toi will not know, it will be completley unknown to other users also. A user will stay blocked even if toi 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 toi might not expect to be censored
-Homo("Homosexual" will appear as "****sexual")
-queer
-penis and vagina
-niga (so if toi write "alyson hanigan" it appears as "alyson ha****n")
-porn
-sh it (yes even if toi make a l’espace in the middle it will étoile, star 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 toi can get around these par typing with spaces inbetween letters e.g. say toi wished to talk about "q u e e r as folk" toi would have to talk like that so people can see what toi talking about.
When toi type a message toi will be able to see what toi 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 toi it will make a bleep noise. I find this useful if toi enter the chat and are the only user in the chat, toi can then turn the sound so when someone else comes in toi will hear them and not miss them. It is also useful if your PMing plus than one user.
toi can access a fanpopper's profil again par hovering over their name
When toi first enter the chat toi 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 toi to add certain smilies to your message. For a full liste 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 ou simply just écriture gibberish. It is annoying and unnecessary just like any kind of spam and may be a reason for warnings ou being blocked. If someone excessively does this after being warned and informed i suggest toi rapporter 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 toi wish to talk about this topic to, toi can always send them a private message. If the room is pretty much divisé, 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 plus fans 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 montrer people they are not behaving properly in the chat. If toi really have a problem with someone about something like spamming the chat, i suggest toi block them and rapporter them on their profil and add some notes so the fanpop team know why.
emotions/emotes/smilies-Emotes ou emotions ou smilies, what ever toi want to call them can be fun and a good way to communicate something quickly ou most importantly to express toi 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 toi test them all out repeatably.
Full liste of emotions/emotes/smilies
Below is a full liste of meebo smilies and all the shortcuts to them. I would have posté this as a link but i couldn't find a full liste where all of them worked correctly, so par combining different lists and sources and testing shortcuts par messaging myself (oh yes I'm crazy) I have managed to put this together.
Oh I also couldn't find images 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 toi can find in the box to the right of the message box, as mentioned above. Although i realize toi 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 ou others ou than clicking on the box.
other faces
random stuff
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 article as well as a quick mention to David Vignoni who designed and created all the emotions shown above.
If anyone knows of any other ou new spot specific chat rooms, emotes ou features ou is just has a question ou is still confused par something could toi please commentaire as i would like to keep this as updated and informative as possible, thankyou :D
Yes, yes it is.
