The first time I was in chat, this pervy mod insinuated that I was a woman, &passive aggressively suggested that I should start sharpening up my chai trolley skills.
I don’t even remember how it happened. I think everyone was making fun of my old ID and pronouncing it weird, and like an hour later, we just hear STA meowing over mic.
It was pretty freaken comical!
My most memorable experience was the come back of chat.
When there was no GupShup, there was IRC (chat) ~1991-93.
Then we built GS to record what was going on chat. Then chat took a back seat as GS grew. Then chat kinda died .. ~late 90s.
we brought back chat in early 200s but only as a text and secondary medium.
the real memories were made when we launched the audio chat in 08 i think. that was the come back of chat. it took a key role in GS. On some days there would be 40+ users logged on to audio/video chat at the same time. Record was 78 users.
then chat kinda died again .. people/crowd moved on and there were no scandals to talk and no fights to fight (we thrive on these, dont we?)
and now, with the latest chat bar, i see some excitement coming back but its more utilitarian .. not fascination .. maybe we have come to expect chat just like we expect electricity in the house. dont care for it until its out.
but still .. i have most fond memories of GS made in chat like …