Everyone is ignoring you at Zwinktopia? Here is a very handy "icebreaker" hint.

Keith at Buzz shares with us this Zwinktopia hint:

Whenever you're chatting with someone online, there's sometimes a point where you just want to throw something. You could type "/me throws a rock at snackypants" or something like that, but it doesn't have that much of an effect in a world like Zwinktopia.

That's where Zwinky sets itself apart...with Frisbees. By mousing over your Zwinky and clicking on the beach ball icon that appears to your right, you can select Frisbee from the action menu that appears. Then just click where you'd like to throw your frisbee, and off it goes!

Oh sure, maybe they're meant to provide hours of mindless fun by throwing them back and forth in the Colozeeum. But I think they serve a higher purpose, one that allows people to express their anger without resorting to name calling. There's nothing funnier than seeing a whole room of 20 chatters tossing frisbees at a Zwinky like "opengeo," for instance. He really hates when we do that.

The frisbees also serve as an icebreaker. Go into any chat room and if nobody's chatting or everyone is ignoring you, just start throwing frisbees and see what happens.