Chatting: ASL Please?

Ever since Seun made it easy for Nairaland members to know if members are online for yahoo chat, I had got several chat up lines that are really annoying. After the usual this is twinstaiye of Nairaland, and you responded with Hi or how are you doing, the next thing they do is asl? please. To me courtesy demands that you answer the question you are about to ask the other person at the other end of the chat. For example I am 25,M, Lagos before saying asl? please. By this, the chatter at the other end will feel glad to give his?/her own answer too. Am I the only one that share this view?

Well I personally don't get that kind of thing. As in some random person just popping up on my screen wanting to chat with me.
And that's the reason, I don't go on Yahoo messenger, 'Cos it's really not safe, at least, that's how I feel.
I'd rather go on MSN where I add my friends and know who I'm talking to, I feel more comfortable and safe that way.
Also the reason why I don't have my yahoo E mail add. on my profile.
Yeah, I agree with you, that the right thing to do is: 'Give your ASL first, before demanding the other user's ASL.'
Yeah that way, the other person feels a bit more comfortable giving their's as well.

Age/Sex/Location.

I don't give it out if i don't want to. You really shouldn't make a big fuss about it. If you don't want the attention/messages. Just take your email off of your page. I don't mean to sound rude, but daing that's the fact. I agree though that it could be a little annoying,  plus some people just don't get it when you say Uhmm "i don't want to chat". Yahoo has a feature that allows u block user, and u can go invisible whenever u want. If it's email they send,  Don't reply if u don't want to.

The ASL thing, is probably the first question most strangers ask each other when talking for the first time. If you don't want to release urs because u don't know theirs,  Ask them to tell u theirs first! If they play the "no u go first game", just cut the crap n block em.

Thanks hot angel. I thought as much. Just wanted to be sure

                

Exactly dracosh, it is really irritating, just in front of my username there is (m) in bracket meaning Male, if anyone is eager to chat with me, he should have known I am male and don't disturb by buzzing me up. Na wah for Naija sha, they will always take things to the extreme.

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I second that, they can chay with u beacuse your email adress is on your profile, if u take it out, then your free Lol.
I hate the Asl thingy too, its really annoying  .

it's a nice thing to do to leave your ym id on a forum. i'm in you're on a forum to talk, isn't it? ym was created o talk, wasn't it?

hey dracosh thanks   

Not to be rude maki but you look like one of my cell mate in kirikiri.

Don't take it the wrong way sista. I got out last week too. There is nothing wrong admitting you've been in pen.  i'm pretty sure you took that picture right after you got released.

i was reading this and a "fellow nairalander" tried to add me without even tryin to chat up first. isnt that rude!

thanks my dear

Ynot u better stop this nonsense

@twinstaiye,
you hit the nail on the head, and OMG i get at least 10 IMs a day with people saying they are from nairaland and none of these names i even recognize and like @ rhodalyn says, i say ""SO"" and i mean it, its really annoying and yes the first thing they ask is a/s/l. without even telling u their's. and they gey mad when u don't respond. i wonder if anyone has a solution to this nuisance

and oh i've thot about removing my yahoo info from my profile, but i have met a couple of nice people though, so i'll still hang in there.