Being an Introvert, one of the things that I am not good at is initiating a conversation with a stranger. But since I am following my own steps of socializing as an introvert, I can at least make a conversation with those people who really are friendly and understanding enough.
It all started on a boring Monday morning and my phone doesn't ring from the friends that I already had since then. They just might be busy preparing for the up coming graduation or is celebrating with their family. Either way, I don't have someone to talk to and when I browse Facebook and remembered that I am a member of some groups on Facebook with the same interest.
So here is what I found out while looking at different post that helped me to initiate conversation with other people and could help you too.
1.) Find Out the General's Interest
There are thousands and millions of people in Facebook that uses different groups. In a group that you joined, there are also people looking for other people that could share the same interest with them. Write a post. So, it could be whatever things that you have in mind that might pique the interest of the other person just like you. Just remember, think before you click.
2.) Be Hospitable, Kind and Attentive
When a good conversation is at it's peak, there will be different friend request so that the both of you could talk more in private, that'll be a good start to talk about other things and get to know each other well. It is just like having a conversation with your classmate at the first day of the academic year.
3.) Always Keep in Touch
Some people will just leave you when you don't talk to them anymore, some are just waiting for you to initiate the conversation. So don't be shy when you want to start one. A simple good morning or hi can make the person on the other side knows that you are still interested to talk with him or be friends with him. Just remember that you should make time to say something to that person and eventually, you could find yourself talking for hours with the things that the both of you knows.
4.) Select Someone who You can Trust
Since there will be a few number of people who will react or read your post, there will always be this one person who just joins the conversation for the sake of trolling. And there are multiple people that could do the same. If your aim is to make friends from the pile of people of the same interest as yours, select someone who you can trust with the things you want to talk about. Not because you just really need to talk about something, but because, you are looking on a long term basis.
5.) Keep Your Post on the Top
The more people that can see your post means that there will be a big chance that more people will try to join the conversation. So, keep the conversation on the post by liking a comment or replying to a comment. Think something that can continue the first set of conversations and keep it coming. Just remember to make sure that the topic stays on the interest. Or it will be useless when the conversations stray away from the main topic.
With that findings, I earned at least a few of people from Facebook. Some are professionals and some are still students on which they want to learn more. Different personalities and different backgrounds which is kind of fun. So, this marks the 8th Day of my 27 Days of Happiness Challenge.
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