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