Message Boards vs. Chat rooms

[DonnaPs25]

Wowsa,

Gotta post on this one! As you can see I'm a chatroom admin. I love it there! It helped me when I was in a time of depression, and meeting to just chat with other believers, pulled me out of a very bad time in my life. I thank God daily for that place!!!! The healing I experienced. I have learned from Bible Trivia and Bible studies, and have shared prayers and praises daily with my fellow brothers and sisters there, and formed long lasting friendships.

As for the boards, I do post here, but not often as you can also tell by my numbers. The reason? I just don't have time to do both. My daily pleasure computer time is limited to about 2-3 hours per day. I read the discussions, but don't want to post just frivilous thoughts, and to research and answer with depth, I'd need more time. By then, normally someone has already answered in a way I feel covers my own thoughts. No sense posting a 'ditto' just to boost my post numbers, right?

I'm just praising our father for the Worthy ministry all together. How blessed we are that no matter if it's the boards or the chatroom, that we can all come together as one body of CHrist and be ministered to and help others in their walks with the Lord, who is our focus. Our Rock, Saviour, Father, Redeemer, Friend.

Blessings to you all, :hug:

Donna

[Andrew007]

I chat in Worthy Chat a lot more than I do post on the boards, but I love them both. I started out in chat and then one of the chatters got me started on the board here. Like others have said - the boards are more in depth and slower.

[Anonymous]

I'm not very good at small talk

YOD, it's easy.

All you have to do is talk small!

Yeah, just say: Yep (Short for yes, lets everyone know yer payin' attention)

......................... Oh (a word that shows yer thinkin')

......................... IC (a word that makes you appear intelligent)

......................... No (a word that let's others know to buzz off or... a simple refusal.)

......................... Wow (a good pause word)

......................... LOL (a favorite when ya don't know what else to say)

......................... AFK (another favorite, good when ya don't wanna talk & ya just wanna watch)

I have more helps... if ya need some, give me a holler!

[Ericka]

I'm not very good at small talk

YOD, it's easy.

All you have to do is talk small!

Yeah, just say: Yep (Short for yes, lets everyone know yer payin' attention)

......................... Oh (a word that shows yer thinkin')

......................... IC (a word that makes you appear intelligent)

......................... No (a word that let's others know to buzz off or... a simple refusal.)

......................... Wow (a good pause word)

......................... LOL (a favorite when ya don't know what else to say)

......................... AFK (another favorite, good when ya don't wanna talk & ya just wanna watch)

I have more helps... if ya need some, give me a holler!

LoL!!!! wait.. that just makes it look like I don't know what else to say.. well okay then...

yep those are true, oh, IC you think so too, no? wow.. afk.. lol

uhm.. did I miss any?

good tips anonymous..

[keslc]

stupid question....what's AFK?

I thought I was hip to all the lingo! LOL! and ROFL!

one thing though....I still don't have all the smilies down and sometimes they can be distracting (but cute!) I wish I was more smiley hip!

[Adstar]

Well I split my time roughly 50/50 between the forum and chat. I agree if you want to get in depth you really are better off going to the boards. But if you want to witness for Jesus you will get far more opportunities in Chat because you will meet far more seekers in Chat then you will meet on the boards.

It is true that chat can be very boring especially when the chatters have nothing interesting to chat about lol but if you have a bit of patience then you will find someone will pop in with a question or an atheist will come along to test you out. then you can teach and witness and it makes up for the boredom. lol

I have developed very close relationships with chatters more so than with people on the boards. Then again board people seem to last longer on the boards then chatters last on chat. chat is just a more intense environment i suppose.

One positive thing i have got out of chat is my typing speed has increased lol your either quick or your dead in chat

All praise The Ancient of Days

[RGR]

I've been over to chat some, and do like threatening Seraph with pies and Liberace from time to time, but for the most part, things are more my speed here on the boards. I guess I'm just too much of an old fart (I can say that, can't I? ) to get into chat too much very often. I'm certainly not always looking for serious discussion at all times, but I seem to get my feel of fellowship over here between the fun stuff and then the meat of the word discussions.