Some folks stay logged in chat so they don't have to restart it all the time; forget to logout/close the chat window.

Mods have discretion on how they wish to deal with lurkers ... most are harmless, but it's understandable some lurkers are perceived as being a threat.

One should assume anything they write in chat, IM, etc is logged / archived somewhere - to be clear, we do *not* archive chat, but any chatter easily can do so by doing a Cut-Copy, print screen, etc. Chat here is intended for fun, not anything overly private/secret ... at minimum, use p2p instead with select others, if chatting about overly personal stuff.

Ron