Mastering Internet chatting?

[Simolean]

Does anyone know of a site, book or other resource that teaches a person how to overcome some of the pitfalls in Internet chatting? For example, avoiding awkward pauses, or the ever frequent conversation template of "sup" "nuthin" "wbu" nuthin".
Or maybe just how to go beyond such boring conversations?
Thanks in advance.

 

[awesomeness]

add in lol for no reason. Keep the chat going. When they're like sup, u can either tell him/her how your day was OR say nothing much what about you? was it fun?

How to go beyond? Ohhh oh hoh oh h I'm pro at this. If you go to the same school or college you can be like, hey who do you like, or ask about their 'secrets' The fun is when they insist to not tell you but you keep on annoying them till they say it.

Good luck.

 

[Richard]

Okay, all kidding aside I can see this as a problem that needs solved. Being social is really the same behind a keyboard as it is in front of a person. That being said there is the level of comfort of being able to "get away" without feeling awkward if the person is a creep.

The best way to keep a conversation going is to end what ever you say with a question. Not always just a closed ended question but a simple open ended question will do.

Thoughts, Opinions, Input, Emotions, Decisions, are you starting to understand? (Closed Ended)

Really it is harder to keep a conversation going online then offline (fine tuning your social skills) because there is the missing very important element of body-language. Keep on topics that you are both interested in.

Keep online conversation short 10-15 minutes, end in questions, say off the wall stuff, not offensive just crazy things to keep the mind going.

I take it this is for online dating conversations.