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Idea; Chatbox for the Forum, good or bad?
Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2013 4:42 pm
by Earthshine
One of my other forums that I like to frequent has it's own chatbox that allows its members to log in and chat about anything they want. I was wondering if anyone would like that for here. On my other forum, the specific chat program is free and called Chatango.
Just an idea.
Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2013 4:56 pm
by Anime Girl
I like that idea. There used to be a chat forum, but a chatbox might be a better idea.
Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2013 5:22 pm
by Atomars
Not a very good idea I guess, because it will decrease forum participation.
Plus, chatbox takes away the purpose of forum posting and members will tend to get lazy.
Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2013 5:29 pm
by Earthshine
"Atomars" wrote:Not a very good idea I guess, because it will decrease forum participation.
Plus, chatbox takes away the purpose of forum posting and members will tend to get lazy.
I actually thought that at first too, but it doesn't in my other forum. Forum participation is just as strong as ever.
Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2013 5:35 pm
by F-Man
If anything a chat encourages people to visit a site more and also gives them ideas for new topics.
The higher-ups have been okay with the idea for a while now but it still has yet to be implemented.
Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2013 1:06 pm
by AprilSeven
IIRC the mods/admin are also concerned with the ability to effectively moderate a chat feature - we previously had a "chat thread" that was active for quite a while . . .
Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2013 1:53 pm
by Tetsuwan Penguin
Maybe we can setup an IRC channel?
Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2013 5:24 pm
by F-Man
"kscharf" wrote:Maybe we can setup an IRC channel?
Yeah, I had suggested that we could use the Tezuka in English channel, where I'm an op and connected 24/7. Plus with how small the community is, why not share a chatroom instead of having 2 dead ones?
All it would take is to make a link to
this that opens in a new window.