# Marked uptick in strangers chatting in local **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [December 22, 2024, 5:34pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/marked-uptick-in-strangers-chatting-in-local/471932 "2024-12-22T17:34:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Akkar\_Kardashev](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/akkar_kardashev/32/514189_2.png) [@Akkar\_Kardashev](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Akkar_Kardashev)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2024, 5:34pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/marked-uptick-in-strangers-chatting-in-local/471932/1 "2024-12-22T17:34:50Z")
So these guys are all of a sudden very chatty, but not about anything important, or even a bit of smack talk, no - they’re stating the obvious, specifying the name of your ship as if they think they’re privy to state secrets. What is wrong with these people? Are they all just hooking their accounts up to Chat GPT or are they genuine, honest to god, salt of the earth solvent abusers? Have you noticed an uptick in beige local chat? Discuss. ---
**Author:** ![Arthur\_Aihaken](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/arthur_aihaken/32/504104_2.png) [@Arthur\_Aihaken](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Arthur_Aihaken)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2024, 5:35pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/marked-uptick-in-strangers-chatting-in-local/471932/2 "2024-12-22T17:35:44Z")
I ignore local/chat completely. ---
**Author:** ![Akkar\_Kardashev](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/akkar_kardashev/32/514189_2.png) [@Akkar\_Kardashev](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Akkar_Kardashev)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2024, 5:40pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/marked-uptick-in-strangers-chatting-in-local/471932/3 "2024-12-22T17:40:02Z")
I don’t chat back but it’s hard not to notice it in null ---
**Author:** ![Eternus8lux8lucis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/eternus8lux8lucis/32/385152_2.png) [@Eternus8lux8lucis](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Eternus8lux8lucis)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2024, 1:10am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/marked-uptick-in-strangers-chatting-in-local/471932/4 "2024-12-23T01:10:05Z")
With some of the chat filter changes CCP made I have noticed chat has picked up in local quite a bit over the past few months. Might be an end result of those changes. ---
**Author:** ![ISD\_Drew](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/isd_drew/32/395254_2.png) [@ISD\_Drew](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/ISD_Drew)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2024, 3:46am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/marked-uptick-in-strangers-chatting-in-local/471932/5 "2024-12-23T03:46:22Z")
I thought [Cleaning up Jita Local Spam with EVE Online’s New Chat Filters | The Ancient Gaming Noob](https://tagn.wordpress.com/2024/09/29/cleaning-up-jita-local-spam-with-eve-onlines-new-chat-filters/) had a pretty good write up around the changes. ---
**Author:** ![Commander\_Abitis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/commander_abitis/32/428866_2.png) [@Commander\_Abitis](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Commander_Abitis)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2025, 11:11pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/marked-uptick-in-strangers-chatting-in-local/471932/6 "2025-01-13T23:11:52Z")
eve is a game where you get bored easily, it’s normal to see local chat getting chatty here and there, russians are the worst when it comes to trolling local when they’re bored ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/3X/4/1/41ec4921cbaca7a6f9ea556e7cc20018461eae5e.png) [@system](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2025, 11:12pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/marked-uptick-in-strangers-chatting-in-local/471932/7 "2025-04-13T23:12:30Z")
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