To Chat or Not to Chat

**ResidualEnvy** · 09-02-2009, 08:14 AM

A Chat/Shoutbox is being discussed.

Vote or Die!

**SageTree** · 09-02-2009, 08:25 AM

As long as it keep the site running okay good.

I would like to talk with more members, rather than hastling them for their messanger info.

I want to talk damn it! and sometimes real time can get alot deeper.

verklingen · 09-02-2009, 10:12 AM

i'm having a hard time thinking of negatives so why not?

Flamingnun · 09-02-2009, 10:13 AM

Unofficial chat >> official chat.

Mydriasis · 09-02-2009, 10:38 AM

I'm down with it. Would it be moderated?

Oceans 80 · 09-02-2009, 12:20 PM

IRC ftw

Peace seeker · 09-02-2009, 12:24 PM

to chat of course

(btw, wheres the "i am gay" option?)

Canuck Wisdom · 09-02-2009, 12:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Peace seeker

(btw, wheres the "i am gay" option?)

Seriously.. and this guys in charge of stuff?

I wouldnt have too much of a problem (would be interesting to try it out), but I feel like it might detract from posting/deeper discussion on the forums.

**ResidualEnvy** · 09-02-2009, 12:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Canuck Wisdom

Seriously.. and this guys in charge of stuff?

I wouldnt have too much of a problem (would be interesting to try it out), but I feel like it might detract from posting/deeper discussion on the forums.

This is the downside to any chat system on a forum. More chatting = Less posting.

Canuck Wisdom · 09-02-2009, 12:49 PM

Because its nice that people have to have open discussions, and we can all benefit from it.

Conversations that don't have any need to be private, or less-than-formal (not that yahooka is too formal), could end up being had in chat more and more often and the sharing of these things lost.

Either fun stuff, or more serious discussion.

I thought the whole point, from the sponsor's perspective, of re-doing the site was to increase activity.

Peace seeker · 09-02-2009, 01:28 PM

hmmm...good point Canuck
chating between members means less posts
and yahooka without posts isnt fun

Lloydy · 09-02-2009, 02:35 PM

a trial run cant hurt

Xil · 09-02-2009, 03:37 PM

I think a shoutbox would detract more than help. I mean, there already IS a chatroom if you know where to look, and it works out pretty well separately.

A trial run isn't a bad idea though. One important thing would be to keep shoutbox constant, so that you dont have to leave it to visit threads.

Dr. Nick Nasty · 09-02-2009, 04:42 PM

maybe try it out, but I would want to see this kept a messageboard not a chatroom.

notepad · 09-02-2009, 04:49 PM

sounds p weak

everyone whos anyone already knows where the chat room is.

**Bearsy** · 09-02-2009, 04:56 PM

As long as it's not FlashChat I'm down.

~1~ · 09-02-2009, 09:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lloydy

a trial run cant hurt

The 'trial run' has been going on for about two years now...

I'm going have to say nay on this because of the 'trial run'.

There is a certain clique that runs the chatroom, by runs I mean they set it up and they are the ops but it can be a clique just the same, they have the say in who shows and who goes. Fair enough, its their place.

Personally I think a chatroom could spawn the flood of 'why did so and so kick/ban me for saying hello?' or 'Why is everyone in chat such an asshole' threads. We've all seen it, it's why BH only let a select few (very few, only one I know of) references to the 'trial run' remain floating around the board. So really, with AIM and Yahoo and MSN and twitter and facebook and MySpace and all that other god awful shit, theres plenty of places to chat without it going on here.

Besides, there are discussions going on here in near real time anyway, used to be more, but with a jumpin' membership it'll get back to that kind of board.

**Bearsy** · 09-02-2009, 10:15 PM

Or only moderators and admins could do the kicking, that way that doesn't happen.

Canuck Wisdom · 09-02-2009, 10:41 PM

yea I dont think it would be run the same way as IRC

**ResidualEnvy** · 09-03-2009, 04:25 AM

No1 you misunderstand. This would not be IRC. It would be an "addition" to the forums/site.

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09-02-2009, 08:14 AM	#1 (permalink)
ResidualEnvy Community Manager Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 355 Thanks: 7 Thanked 137 Times in 69 Posts	To Chat or Not to Chat A Chat/Shoutbox is being discussed. Vote or Die!

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SageTree ~Kalyāṇa-mitrā~ Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: In Love Posts: 22,612 Blog Entries: 26 Thanks: 11,486 Thanked 5,709 Times in 4,024 Posts	As long as it keep the site running okay good. I would like to talk with more members, rather than hastling them for their messanger info. I want to talk damn it! and sometimes real time can get alot deeper. __________________ YaHooka is.... Cannabis lovers from around the world pulling up a comfy chair, picking up a vaporizer, a bong, a brownie, a pipe, or a joint, getting high, stoned, buzzed or healthy. Uniting our minds in conversation...While Portraying a Positive Image of marijuana and marijuana users to the world. Treat your fellow YaHookans with kindness,respect and tolerance. "We're not here to judge what's good from bad, But to do the things that are right."

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Flamingnun Shpadoinkle Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: roflmao Posts: 17,538 Thanks: 1,046 Thanked 2,611 Times in 1,178 Posts	Unofficial chat >> official chat. __________________

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Mydriasis Do Not Resuscitate Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,317 Thanks: 840 Thanked 431 Times in 298 Posts	I'm down with it. Would it be moderated? __________________ ۞

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Oceans 80 _`! TwiSTed !'_ Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 1,578 Thanks: 20 Thanked 59 Times in 35 Posts	IRC ftw __________________ Drugs Taught a Whole Generation of American Kids the Metric System... ### <3YaHooka

09-02-2009, 12:24 PM	#7 (permalink)
Peace seeker free the herb Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 6,830 Thanks: 749 Thanked 530 Times in 376 Posts	to chat of course (btw, wheres the "i am gay" option?)

09-02-2009, 01:28 PM	#11 (permalink)
Peace seeker free the herb Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 6,830 Thanks: 749 Thanked 530 Times in 376 Posts	hmmm...good point Canuck chating between members means less posts and yahooka without posts isnt fun

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Lloydy KTF Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: England Posts: 11,692 Thanks: 469 Thanked 2,191 Times in 1,004 Posts	a trial run cant hurt __________________ Keep the red flag flying high

09-02-2009, 03:37 PM	#13 (permalink)
Xil OD'ing on sobriety Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mizzura Posts: 3,292 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 993 Thanked 1,108 Times in 687 Posts	I think a shoutbox would detract more than help. I mean, there already IS a chatroom if you know where to look, and it works out pretty well separately. A trial run isn't a bad idea though. One important thing would be to keep shoutbox constant, so that you dont have to leave it to visit threads. __________________ Life is a waste of time and time is a waste of life, so get wasted all the time and have the time of your life

09-02-2009, 04:42 PM	#14 (permalink)
Dr. Nick Nasty A PhD in Anarchy Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: New York/New Jersey Metro Wasteland Posts: 1,095 Blog Entries: 5 Thanks: 576 Thanked 347 Times in 219 Posts	maybe try it out, but I would want to see this kept a messageboard not a chatroom. __________________ The true [classical] liberal, in pursuit of fixed principles, must never have fixed political alliances. They must change based on the ruling rationale of the moment.- Lew Rockwell

09-02-2009, 04:49 PM	#15 (permalink)
notepad dick 'slyde' hyde Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: above the clouds Posts: 1,988 Thanks: 656 Thanked 313 Times in 161 Posts	sounds p weak everyone whos anyone already knows where the chat room is.

09-03-2009, 04:25 AM	#20 (permalink)
ResidualEnvy Community Manager Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 355 Thanks: 7 Thanked 137 Times in 69 Posts	No1 you misunderstand. This would not be IRC. It would be an "addition" to the forums/site.

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