Griff's rules for well run chat room

The following are principle for running a chat room as I think it should be run. At Erotic Sex Chat a user can create a room. The user who creates the room can then “kick” other users from the room.

When rooms are open to all comers, they risk getting overwhelmed by participants who are either inarticulate (low verbal skills) or the conversation gets dumbed-down because it's scrolling so quickly*. See below the break for the ten rules.

ASL? You've been blocked!

This is the blog entry I created to send back to people who use a first line I find offensive when contacting me in a chat room.

Why is “ASL” or “M or F?” or “Are you a female?” an inappropriate first line?

It's boring. It says you're shopping for a woman to pay attention to you. And other than wanting a woman, you're unsure you know what you want.

A Griff story