CaringandReal
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I don't visit them frequently, as others have said. most are cliquish although a lot depends on the op in charge that night. Sometimes a good op will encourage newcomers or keep bringing the conversation back to the discussion points. But that is quite rare. Most ops are as cliquish (if not moreso) than the average room member.
However, these rooms are good for people watching, for getting a feel for what's currently on people's minds and seeing how they choose to express it. They're also stealth pick-up spots, at least for sub women. If you want that, just go in a room with a lowecase name, and wait for the private messages to start pouring in. Watch out for the hit-and-run sceners, though (these guys will ask you a lot of titillating questions--you think they are interested in you but they are just interested in getting off that evening. And they'll "work" you, offer flattery after each sexy answer you give until you realize the conversation is going nowhere. If I'm in a rare generous mood I will play along, but not usually).
As sweetsub1957 metioned, a lot of doms in the room will hit on you if they know you're sub. But if you cap your name in the room and if the name itself is role neutral you will not be bothered much. Sweetsub1957 could not get away with this, lol. But I often do! The male subs will usually scan your profile before they message, see you're a sub and leave you alone. The male doms often don't scan the profiles but they believe in the whole silly capital letters thing (can't imagine a sub who wouldn't "advertise" herself as sub) so they also leave you alone.
Chatrooms can be very nasty places. Sometimes you're just there quietly following the rules and you get jumped on for it. The ops are notorious for breaking their own room rules or claiming a newbie did something wrong when s/he didn't or purposefully misunderstanding someone and then kick/banning them, just for laughs. There are lots of common newbie mistakes that people would not make if someone bothered to just explain it to them. But most ops kick someone for making those common mistakes so they can get laughs/approval from their sick little fan clubs. Pretty pathetic, imo, but very standard.
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We need a 'forum' users chat room. I too have found it cliquey and silly. I would love to be able to chat with some of the regular forum members in real time.
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