Do u like talking to strangers in public?

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No, I don't like talking to strangers in public.
I wish I did, because there have been some perfectly nice people who wanted to talk to me. But, I never get the "casual chat" experience, it always feels like a test... and chances are I'm already a bit low on energy and will disappoint shortly.

No I'm putting in social efforts for small talk and it leads me no where. I'm really bad at small talk.

No, I hate talking to strangers in public. I actually can't ever remember a case where I initiated a conversation with a stranger for no reason.

The only purpose talking to "strangers" serves to me is when I'm trying to sell something and nothing more.

I like doing so when I'm at work. Other than that, I don't like it and I never initiate small talk. I see no reason to.

I actually dislike talking to anyone, even people I know, in public and don't like the feeling that strangers can hear our conversation.

As far as talking to strangers goes: I was recently at a conference and was chatting to a couple of my work colleagues. We had made the mistake of standing too near a business stand and someone walked over, introduced themselves and started talking to us. This completely threw me as I wasn't prepared and had no dialogue rehearsed. I went mute, let my colleagues handle it while I desperately wanted to run away to somewhere quiet.

In other words, I really don't like it at all and have no idea what to say:

Stranger: "Hi, I'm John Doe from Big company"
Me: "Hello"
Big long pause...

In the above example, I would have needed to know the person was going to walk over and I would also needed to have a few questions/answers lined up in my head. Surprise conversations just throw me off balance.

Yes.
It was one of the behavior exercises to overcome social anxiety and agoraphobia.

Sometimes.

Hah, there are a few instances scattered through my life so far in which I talked to a random stranger more or less as if I knew them, about something motivated by the situation. The main reason I don't like the idea of doing it again is that I've slowly learned how extremely socially naïve I was, how bizarre and crazy my behavior probably looked to everyone else and how easy it is to get in serious trouble doing that in front of the wrong people or at the wrong place or time.

No, not at all. When I'm out and about I just wanna get to where I'm headed and be done with it. On public transport and waiting for such my eyes are glued to whatever what I'm reading and/or I have my MP3 on with headphones. The reason for the latter quite frankly is in order to be left alone or able to pretend that I don't hear it if someone talks to me. I just wanna go about my business and go home.
That's something I like about city life, most people wouldn't just chat up a stranger.

The only place I ever welcomed talking to someone not close to me, was in school and that was because school was boring so talking to classmates was preferable in school, although certainly not anything I would ever choose to in my sparetime.

I like to say "hi" and "have a nice day" and stuff like that because it seems to make people feel better. I'll tell somebody if I like their shirt or the book they're reading. But if an interaction goes off script things can get weird. "Happy birthday!" "Thanks, you too!" and stuff like that.

I didn't have a filter as a kid....and I barely have a filter now.

I like talking to strangers better than I like talking to people I know.

Not really, I walk at the same park and will say good morning to people I see on the trail the same time everyday because it is supposed to be a healthy thing. I know the rangers there and some other people interested in wildlife so I cannot really say they are strangers. Recently, my schedule has been destroyed by a torn ligament so I am now only on the internet and class two days a week until it heals.