How to Become Less Annoying on MSN

I was looking at wiki.ehow.com and found a guide on how to be less annoying on msn. My personal tip is not to use msn at all. But some may disagree. I find that people on icq and other networks are not usually annoying which I don't know why. Maybe it's because MSN is popular and it attracts idiots who knows

Here is what this guide says:

Some people can be very annoying when using MSN and other Instant Messenger programs. If you're one of these people, consider following these steps.

1. Remove smilies that are just one letter (e.g. Y would be a giant dancing Y).

2. Learn how to talk normally and write normally. Then people will understand you more. This means no using "U" or "Y" instead of "you" or "why?" "Wot?" is a very common but makes you sound like a "chav."

3. Don't download a plugin for MSN such as "Fun Buddy Icons" or "MSN Plus!" They will bring up auto-messages saying "Get MSN Plus!" They usually are all spyware.

4. Don't send useless pictures over MSN. Use http://www.imageshack.us/index.php to upload them. If you have to, don't use BMP; compress it to a PNG format instead.

5. Don't pressure people to talk to you. Just because there are ten people on your contact list, it doesn't mean they want to talk to you.

6. If you have a post on a forum and want it bumped, just wait, especially if it is a popular one.

7. Know that group conversations are annoying. You might be talking to random people who you don't know. The opening line of a Group conversation usually is "Hey ppl." This is terrible spelling and shouldn't be used at all. Group conversations should at least have a topic.

8. Don't spam. Maybe you own an online shop, so you add random people to your contact list and tell them, "OMG You have to see my shop!!!1111!!" This is quite annoying. Spamming someone's inbox to get them to unblock you is pointless. They'll just block you for longer.

9. Block people! You should block people who do these things on a daily basis. Encourage them to stop doing it and live their life. Then over a basis of time, unblock them from your MSN Contacts list.

Tips:
* Encourage people to be friendly on MSN so you will be friendly to them.
* Warn them about Spyware and Viruses from MSN Plugins, and find articles on wikipedia to overthrow them.
* Don't swear at people to get them to stop. Just persuade them. If you have to butter them up.

The guide is taken from http://wiki.ehow.com/Become-Less-Annoying-on-MSN under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5.

Tags: MSN, IM, Annoying, DnH500