I really don't know if we are so cold these days that simple courtesy is lacking. You are chatting with someone either on Facebook, Yahoo Messenger etc and HELLO!!!!! the person logs off. It could be as a result of a number of factors - power failure, poor internet connection etc. If the person has your cell phone number, shouldn't the person send a word to explain the sudden cut in communication? They just carry on as though you will understand. Have you experienced it or is it just me?

causes
1. Boredom
2. Just doesn't want to talk 2 u
3. U said d wrong thing but d person doesnt want to make it an issue.
4. Didn't log in because of u and ur conversation is boring and d person doesn't knw how else to end it
5. Plain meanness or lack of civility

i confess i do it alot. Basic cause is my No.1 reason

@anathemia - whatever is the reason, why dont just say "hey I've got to go" What will it cost?

i honestly dont know. I guess its just far easier to 'miss' than to have to explain anytin

@iice, I tot one is supposed 2 chat with buddies. This one wey u no get their number & them no get urs beats me.

@sienna - mine is a little bit different. I've got to know you in PERSON first before we chat online. I dont and will NEVER make e-friends.

exactly. The people i'm referring to are actually my friends in person

@poster
what about logging off because you have something else to do?!

also, we are making these online chit chats like some kind of heavy rituals while they certainly aint.
if you are having a serious discussion and the other person logs off and never get back to you then i suggest you go and have these "serious" talks with someone who give a damn as that person clearly didnt.
talking about the blue sky and the birds doesnt require a call back as the convo was irrelevant to begin with.

@MrBrownJay - however irrelevant the topic was, does it still make it appropriate to just log off just like that?

ping pong:

@MrBrownJay - however irrelevant the topic was, does it still make it appropriate to just log off just like that?

you view it as logging off while it may simply be stepping away for a min or hr. some people chat with dozens of people at the same time. some more important than others, the "important" ones (discussion wise) would surely get a msg, the others will have to live with it as what they are discussing is not really a matter of urgency.

the fact that you would see all this online chit chatting as the same as when people are face to face is a bit extreme. its only chat.