Actually, being silent is quite common.
Anybody who has been in a chat room in which you can see the name of everybody in the chatroom in a list along with moderators and models knows this to be true.
I would estimate that only 10% of people who go into a chat room actively participate in the chat. That is a good thing, because most of them are very boring and have nothing to contribute. It annoys me to see a chat room full of people where they are saying things like:
"it's 5:13 PM where I am, what time is it where you are?" "I hear it's going to be 80 degrees outside tommorrow!" "do you like coke or pepsi better?".... and all this chat is going on while they have a naked man on the screen with a full erection! It's a real buzz kill.
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