Tips

• E-mail those who share your interests to talk with them more often.
• Start groups targeted to those who share your interests and become friends with the group members. It'll be much easier to make friends with someone who shares a mutual interest in the things you do, than a complete and total stranger.
• Unless you're really sure of what you're doing, be literate. People who actually type out their words and sentences are liked much more on many chatrooms and forums. Typing "1ik3 7hi5" or "Not typng out ur wrds nd sentnces" is not only annoying, and immature looking, but can cause you to begin to think like that, and that is not a good mindset of how to type in. You wouldn't like to accidently include "1337 5P43K" in an important assignment, would you?
• Think of a creative username. Try not to have random numbers at the end of your username, as it looks tacky, and is difficult to remember. Numbers that actually mean something are okay. Eg:143, or the year you made the username (06, 07, 08, 09).