===== Using Chat on Your thriXXX Homepage =====

Chatting on the thriXXX network is a lot like sending text messages on your phone. You can have multiple chats going at once and you can even have group chats.

{{:en:support:chat_01.png }} To open your chat window, click the Chat tab in the lower right of your homepage screen. \\ \\ \\ \\

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==== How to Start or Join a Chat Channel ==== 

There are a few different ways to start up a chat or to continue an existing chat.

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**1)** click the blue tab on the side of your chat window. \\
This will show a list of your friends and public chat channels. \\
Click one of the icons to start or continue a chat in that channel. \\
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**2)** At the top of your chat window is a list of active chats. Click one of the icons to switch to that chat. \\
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**3)** Click the blue tab and then click the Martini glass icon. \\
You can then start up a whole new chat channel. The channel name \\
cannot contain spaces. Example: "sex_games_chat" is OK. Other users \\
can join your chat channel by clicking the Martini glass and typing in\\
the same channel name. \\
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**4)** Click on the little envelope in your profile area at the top\\
right of your homepage. This will send a "private message" to another\\
user. These messages will be added to the chat channel you have with\\
that user and the chat window will show that chat. \\
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==== How to Start a Chat With a Specific Person ====

Let's say you see someone you aren't friends with in an X-Stream and you want to start a private chat with them? There are a few ways you can do this.

**Method #1** Click on their avatar image to go to their profile page. Then hover over their avatar image in the upper left and you will see a few little icons show up. Click on the {{:en:support:icons_envelope.png}} to start a chat with them.
 
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**Method #2** Click on the blue tab on the side of your chat window. \\
Pick the icon at the very bottom to "Start a Conversation with a Specific User".\\
Then type in the name of the user to start the chat stream. \\ \\ \\


==== How to Add a Message to the Active Chat ====

To add a message to the active chat (the one displayed in your chat window), simply type something in the text box at the bottom and click the ____ button.

**Tip: ** You can add [[:de:homepage:hashtags|hashtags]] and [[en:homepage:usernametags|@username tags]] in your messages. This will add clickable links in the message that will link to the X-Stream for that hashtag or @username. This will not add your message to those X-Streams.