AOL IM Buddy List Poll

[aK13]

Do you have your own screen name listed as one of your buddies (on at least one of your SNs)?

[WackityWhiz]

yes. sometimes I like to see how long i've been online

[LBJ]

I think this is common practice. Everyone I know has their own name on their list. Why? I dont know. It's cool, though...

[GoblinMason (Craig)]

I don't know why, but I like to check if my away message is working...

-Craig

[ethan]

Yes, because I'm awesome and want to know what I'm doing.

[gorie]

yes otherwise i have no one else to talk to.

[gmrankin]

Is it bad if you are the only person on your buddy list?

[GoblinMason (Craig)]

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Is it bad if you are the only person on your buddy list?

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Get a second screen name then it will look like you have another friend. That's what I do.

[steelcmg]

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yes otherwise i have no one else to talk to.

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Yes this is true for me also.

[gmrankin]

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Get a second screen name... That's what I do.

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Sweet! I haven't talked this much on IM ever... I have a new best friend! Thanks!!

[mslif]

No, I'm too annoying /images/graemlins/frown.gif

[BusterStacks]

No. I didn't even know you could do this.

[YourFoxyGrandma]

Having yourself on your buddy list is default.

[rlpsjstyle]

I do, and my reason is simple.

When AOL instituted the "Warning" system that allowed you to give warnings to the people you were talking to, all of my friends decided it would be good times to randomly warn each other. We didn't know that after a certain level, you can't sign back on for a length of time.

Therefore, I added myself to see my level. If it was too high, I wouldn't disconnect.

Sorry for the long content. /images/graemlins/frown.gif

[TheWorstPlayer]

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I do, and my reason is simple.

When AOL instituted the "Warning" system that allowed you to give warnings to the people you were talking to, all of my friends decided it would be good times to randomly warn each other. We didn't know that after a certain level, you can't sign back on for a length of time.

Therefore, I added myself to see my level. If it was too high, I wouldn't disconnect.

Sorry for the long content. /images/graemlins/frown.gif

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This was the same reason I did it. For this same reason, I never use away messages. Since you can only get warned after you IM someone, my friends began IMing people with away messages up and then warning them until they were blocked. So basically everyone within my circle of friends who put up an away message then couldn't sign on for a while. So we all stopped using away messages.

[kyro]

Yes. And it's at the very top, under the category "Close Friends." Ha!

Nothing to do with the post. Wackywhiz's picture is ridic.

[pokerdirty]

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I do, and my reason is simple.

When AOL instituted the "Warning" system that allowed you to give warnings to the people you were talking to, all of my friends decided it would be good times to randomly warn each other. We didn't know that after a certain level, you can't sign back on for a length of time.

Therefore, I added myself to see my level. If it was too high, I wouldn't disconnect.

Sorry for the long content. /images/graemlins/frown.gif

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This was the same reason I did it. For this same reason, I never use away messages. Since you can only get warned after you IM someone, my friends began IMing people with away messages up and then warning them until they were blocked. So basically everyone within my circle of friends who put up an away message then couldn't sign on for a while. So we all stopped using away messages.

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Oh how i miss the warn button. anyone know why it doesnt work anymore? what do you have to do to get it to work?

[Brainwalter]

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I do, and my reason is simple.

When AOL instituted the "Warning" system that allowed you to give warnings to the people you were talking to, all of my friends decided it would be good times to randomly warn each other. We didn't know that after a certain level, you can't sign back on for a length of time.

Therefore, I added myself to see my level. If it was too high, I wouldn't disconnect.

Sorry for the long content. /images/graemlins/frown.gif

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This was the same reason I did it. For this same reason, I never use away messages. Since you can only get warned after you IM someone, my friends began IMing people with away messages up and then warning them until they were blocked. So basically everyone within my circle of friends who put up an away message then couldn't sign on for a while. So we all stopped using away messages.

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Just use an away message, but turn off the auto-respond feature.

[Sponger15SB]

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Yes. And it's at the very top, under the category "Close Friends." Ha!

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My SN is at the bottom of "The Posse", I also have "SB" and "Poker" as groups.