Thursday, January 28, 2010

The Importance of Links

Well here we are in the general again.  Something that is ever important to the chat environment is the link, usually to pictures but often to other random pages be it news articles or various geek stuff out there to buy.  The link is important because it is able to say things that cant be said, express feelings or just share neat things one has found with the others of the chat, the link plays a unique role in bringing the people of the chat a little closer together.

I think the most common use of the link is to share funny/cute/ugly/funny pictures that are found by various chatters.  Maddy is known for her hug pictures, usually the cutest cats she can find cuddled up with each other.  Han is the 'Link King' having a random link for what it seems like every song or score there is in the playlist.  Sometimes very obscure references, but he most often has a link when you need one! Lieserl use to post the most random and weird picture links, sometimes you had to wonder who would ever put some of those on the internet.  People post links for films to stress a quote they are making or just to help other chatters visualize what they are trying to say. Picture links add to the quality of the chat I believe, giving a visual aid is always helpful, on or off the net.

Links of course are also most helpful to share random information or news stories.  Last night they were going on about Anime swords, links were abundant as they showed off the best reproductions they could find.  Linking to a site is the only way otherwise to really let others know what you are looking at, describing all those swords would of taken a lot longer. Links are the short way I suppose you could sum up, to get others interested in what it is you are looking at.  I have seen a lot of weird stuff as well to buy that I am sure I never would have found if it were not for some link posted by a chatter.  Youtube also proves valuable in linking, the power of videos and music is multiplied now with the ability to have it at quick access.  Little things to lighten up the chat, like the random Sesame Street video about the word Concentrate, brought to you by Elmo and Hugh Jackman. Had no relevance, but it was funny, made me laugh and I am sure brightened a few days. How else to see such nice looking people without links?

I suppose this is a pretty obvious observation about the chat, but I guess it was notable enough for its own posting...not as eloquent as the last I am afraid...

1 comments:

NessySheep said...

Elmo and Hugh Jackman ! I <3 them :D
CONCENTRATE
And here's the Link ;-)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rh9BVFQTJRU

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