This will be my first stab at journal writing, so bear with me. I guess I just need to vent a little and since I don't really know anyone here in DC yet, I have no one else to vent to. So, I write here and if you read it, all the better.


My frustration is with the lack of etiquette by many of the folks here. For the most part we are all here for one reason or another. Usually (not always) it is to meet some like minded folks.

Recently, I went into one of the chatrooms to try to find out what clubs and events there was in DC that I could check out. As I mentioned, I have only been here a short time and, like many, my time is limited, so I wanted to know what places were good and what places I should avoid.

I asked the simple question "Is there anyone here from the DC area?" Immediately I was slammed with remarks telling me to quit trolling, that was not the point of the chat rooms, etc. When I said that people should not jump to conclusions about other people's intentions, and explained my reason for asking this question, I was told that was still trolling and kicked out of the room.

Am I missing something here? I find it hard to believe that most intelligent people would call my question "trolling". I'll accept the fact that my question could have been a precursor for a trolling type question. But it just seems prudent to wait and see if that is the intention.

I would appreciate some other's thoughts in the matter.