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How do I start chatting?
After you’ve entered a room, you are listed as an observer in the chat room. You can see the messages being sent, but you can’t write any messages yourself.
If you decide to join the conversation, enter your nickname at the bottom of the window, then click Start chatting!
Once you’ve chosen your nickname, you’re ready to start chatting!
If you are signed in as a registered Lingr user, your nickname will be automatically set, and you can jump directly into the conversation.
How can I change my nickname while I'm chatting?
Once you start chatting, you might want to change your nickname.
To do so, click your nickname on top of the message input area:
Choose a new nickname:
And you're set!
Special chatting features
In general, Lingr respects your data and leaves it just as you typed it. But there are a few things that Lingr will convert for you automatically.
Inserting multimedia content
Images, YouTube videos, MP3s, and pasted multi-line text are automatically inserted directly into the chat. Just paste in the URL and Lingr will take care of the rest.
More information on how inserting multimedia works:
In case you have image or audio files locally but you don't have a place to upload, you might want to try localhostr. The extension of your original file will be preserved, so it can be embedded directly into Lingr.
Emoticons
You can use simple emoticons. Please note that you have to put a space before or after the emoticon, if you want it to appear in the middle of a line.
| Emoticon | What you type | |
|---|---|---|
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Smile | :) or :-) |
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Wink | ;) or ;-) |
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Laugh | :D or :-D |
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Frown | :( or :-( |
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Gasp | :O or :-O ( or :o or :-o ) |
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Kiss | :* or :-* |
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Plain | :| or :-| |
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Cry | :'( |
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Monkey | :(|) or :-(|) |
How do I ask for more help? Tell you about a bug? Request a feature? Get in touch?
Chatting not enough for you?
- You can send us messages using the feedback form, or directly by email to .
- There’s a Lingr Google Group which you can join to discuss Lingr, the API, and, really, any other thing that comes to mind.
- If you’re a developer or just want to learn more about our API, you should take a look at our developer’s page and at the technical documentation wiki.
- Lingr Twitters.
- And if you speak Japanese, there’s a user group on Hatena.
We’d love to hear from you, so please do send along any thoughts you have!