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Lab. Psychology and the Internet. How about your ID#s etc.
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5) General Chat IRC information: (age/sex/location) A/S/L
What is IRC
What is IRC?
Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is a real time text based communication network which is accessible from all Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in addition to other Internet services such as the World Wide Web (WWW), Email and UseNet. IRC is one of the most popular and most interactive services on the Internet. Sure, the Web is
nice for finding information and e-mail beats snailmail hands down, but when you've been wondering where the action is?, then IRC is what you're looking for.
It allows people to 'talk' simultaneously in public and private channels and is used extensively by online leagues and clans. It also allows file transfers between connected users but its main use is for chat, as the name implies.
Sherry Turkle: “ For many people, the world of online chat is an alternate reality. In her book, Turkle cites case after case of chat participants to
whom chat is more real than RL (a chattism for "real life").
"Computer screens are the new location for our fantasies, both
erotic and intellectual," she writes. "We are using life on computer
screens to become comfortable with new ways of thinking about
evolution, relationships, sexuality, politics, identity." There are several
different profiles of chatters. They do not come in one type. Many
people turn to chat when there is something that they are missing in
their offline life--it can be
a moment of loss, a dry spell in other relationships, a time of
transition or disorientation. Freshmen at college may have lots of
work, but their environment is disorienting. Somewhat
paradoxically, chat can make them feel grounded--they sort of
know the parameters. Others turn to chat to chill--their lives are hectic,
indeed frazzled.
They use chat as a way to wind down. A third group, and the ones
I have studied in some depth, use chat as an imagination extender.
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They play out fantasies, work through problems, investigate
aspects of self that may go unexpressed in other parts of their
lives.
IRC dependent
IRC is known also as, the Internet Relay Chat. It is a function of the Internet where you can talk to real people in real time at
anytime of the day or night. Once there, you won't want to leave and will wonder what you ever did without it. You can be as
anonymous as you like. No one has to know your real name or whereabouts. The only judgements people have are those you
write. No physical appearance, body language, or tone of voice come into the conversations, making it easier to communicate.
Unlike a real life relationship where appearance is a first impression. Once you join you will want all of your friends and family
to join also. It is much cheaper than the phone, especially across the world. The people on IRC become your second family. Once there and involved with people you don't want the hassles of a real life meeting. The downfall to that is that people do
need affection and comfort and that is hard to receive through a computer. It is possible to provide sympathy and comfort but
not to receive real life hugs which are important to us all.
Come Chat Data
All Chatters are seemingly protected by the sensation of invisibility, and unsuspectingly come to enjoy the quick and responsibility free contact established with their peers. Research has shown that common chatters chatting concurrently on 8 channels, will attempt to invoke a new conversation once every four minutes. Sessions are on average 8 hours long and are conducted every day. A quick calculation shows that a novice addict will start 840 conversations a
week. More than 8 times the number in commonplace social interaction. More experienced addicts will conduct less conversations with "new" people, but still maintain a "social metabolism" averaging 5 times that of day to day social interaction.
One research group analyzed conversations conducted on channels operated by automated seemingly intelligent automated programs. Chatters were found to conduct up to three hours of conversation with the program, sometimes spanning four sessions before losing interest. Some were even convinced by the program to trade pictures, addresses and home numbers.
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Chatting can be a double-edged sword for women. When we find
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a comfortable, lively, and interesting channel--especially in the
professional and special-interest chat rooms--we can have
empowering, enlightening discussions, and develop lifelong friends
of both genders. In fact, the medium often encourages an
openness that telephone conversations and face-to-face
encounters don't.
On the other hand, many chat rooms and IRC channels feel like an
enormous, noisy bar at happy hour, where people constantly and
brazenly try to pick up on each other. For women, some channels
are about as woman-friendly as the 49ers locker room. And some
"adult only" chats are like a 900 sex line, where the first question
those who identify themselves as female get asked is, "What's your
bra size?"
Chat is direct, and sex-chat is even more so. While the media is
full of horror stories about online stalkers, the reality is that most
women experience nothing more predatory than a vaguely
uncomfortable encounter with someone who's loopy, lonely, or
looking. The medium poses no risks for some female chat addicts.
"The ratio of men to women seems to be about 8 to 1, and there's
a lot of obscenity," says Cindy, a 44-year-old mother who spends
several hours a week hanging out with the 20-something guys in
America Online's chat rooms. "But it doesn't bother me. I usually
do what they ask. In fact, it's ego-boosting, because men like what
I write to them. And if I don't like what's happening, I just go
somewhere else."
Still, in all but the most businesslike rooms, virtual pickups are just
par for the course for chatters who identify themselves as women.
Nancy McCarthy, author of Chat, a novel about an online
romance (Peachpit Press, 1996), spent hundreds of hours in chat
rooms while researching her book. She recalls one chat encounter
with a guy who said he was a plumber from Chicago. "He asked
about my measurements and what I was wearing, and I answered
truthfully to see where the conversation would go," she
remembers. "At one point he tried to type the word orgasm but
completely misspelled it. I found it hard to be romantic with a guy
who couldn't spell."
Unfortunately, McCarthy, who is married, had made a bigger
mistake than tempting an electronic infidelity. "During the
conversation I told him I was in Chicago, too; that backed me into
a corner, and I regretted it later. I didn't want him trying to find
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me." Nothing ever happened, but she was subsequently careful to guard her identity and whereabouts.
The bottom line is that the prudish need not apply. But if you're
looking for safe sex, online chat is about the safest experience you
can have.
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Choose an IRC client and find the right
servers and channels
Follow IRC etiquette, send public and private
messages, and interpret notices from users and
servers
Find people on IRC and hide from others
Use commands for all levels of expertise
Create and manage an IRC channel, keep
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unwanted users out, and secure your channel
against interlopers
Install, run, and operate an IRC server
Use bots and scripts to customize clients like
mIRC and ircII
