Great friendships have been established and strengthened
over the years in Callahan's conference/chat rooms and
we hope this tradition continues. We offer a place to
unwind, to enjoy both sober conversation and silliness
as the moment requires. We offer peace, acceptance and
safety to all who enter.. and we offer all of you a
community of friends..
In return, we ask our friends and patrons to accept our
traditions of friendliness, respect and acceptance for
all.. When you encounter new people in our chat rooms,
please make them welcome...
On the other hand, chat room predators of all stripes
will be restrained. Personal solicitations, including
sexual advances, are simply not tolerated in Callahans.
Along these lines, please do not offer or solicit personal
information while in our conference rooms. If asked,
directly or indirectly, for your email address, phone
number, or any personal information,
*please* feel comfortable in refusing to
respond - and report the request to staff.
Finally, it is possible to have private chats in Callahan's.
See our
Using Private and Open Rooms page for details. Please
do not enter a private room uninvited. Doing so will bring
the (unwanted) attention of staff. Remember - private
means private!
Some Callahan's conference/chat conventions to consider:
There are some Delphi-wide conference 'commands' and
Internet-wide abbreviations that you may want to become
familiar with. We have summarized many of these on our
Commands, Abbreviations
and Emoticons page for your convenience.
It's important to understand that written or typed communication
between people is vastly different than spoken communication.
The inflection and/or body language that accompanies words and
thoughts are not present when being read in a chat room (or a
message board.) We urge you to look the page carefully. The
emoticons, for example, may help you put your meaning and
feelings in the correct context with your words.
When you are a stranger in a conference room, please do
not ask people their age, gender or location (aka A/S/L.)
If you've come to make friends, try to get to know people
from what they say and how they behave. A mind is a
terrible thing to waste...:)
Writing in ALL CAPS is considered shouting. Please avoid
doing so.
Constantly sending private messages to someone can be
very distracting. Please allow others in the room to
participate in the conversation without constantly having
to deal with your private messages.
People *often* mis-type when chatting. If the meaning is
clear, there is no need to correct someone's spelling
error. Also, if *your* meaning was clear it is really
unnecessary to correct your own.
If you check out
our latest calendar of events,
you'll see that we have many moderated conferences.
Some of these may have a theme or topic. We also have
special conferences from time to time.
Please do not hold sustained, off-topic conversations
in these special rooms - or really - even in a room
where general conversation is taking place. We have a
backup room and a private room for your use should the
topic of the night not interest you - or if you want to
have an off-topic conversation with someone..
Finally, if you have any questions at all about chatting
in Callahans, please
contact our Conference Manager.
