How about a chatbox on this site

[Ludozee]

The thought just occurred to me, seeing how fast new topics are started, it would make things a lot more efficient

[MaGuS]

Sure wy not...

[Nartwak]

How about you post suggestions where they belong?

[Ludozee]

ok, I regret that I have offended you, and I humbly apologize. But in my defence: I'm quite new in the whole forum business. My sincerest thanks for pointing a newbie in the right direction. ;-)

[Hydrogen]

thread moved to suggestions fora.

[Nartwak]

ok, I regret that I have offended you, and I humbly apologize. But in my defence: I'm quite new in the whole forum business. My sincerest thanks for pointing a newbie in the right direction. ;-)

That's entirely too polite of you. *sigh* I wasn't offended so much as I am just a assface anyways.

 

I apologize and am sorry I was rude to you. I was entirely out of line.

[Ludozee]

ok, I regret that I have offended you, and I humbly apologize. But in my defence: I'm quite new in the whole forum business. My sincerest thanks for pointing a newbie in the right direction. ;-)

That's entirely too polite of you. *sigh* I wasn't offended so much as I am just a assface anyways.

 

I apologize and am sorry I was rude to you. I was entirely out of line.

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no problem, its just that sometimes I get a little sarcastic when people automaticly assume that *everyone* nows how things work. (and trust me, you see these guys a lot on the internet). but anyway, I was sincere when I thanked you

[Sarjahurmaaja.]

What for? All the chatboxes I've ever seen are there just for the spam.

[Ludozee]

ofcourse they should be administrated, but I was thinking more in the lines of the fora, only then as a chatbox

[Nartwak]

no problem, its just that sometimes I get a little sarcastic when people automaticly assume that  *everyone* nows how things work. (and trust me, you see these guys a lot on the internet). but anyway, I was  sincere when I thanked you

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Were you being sarcastic? If so, I tell ya, you're gonna have to work on it.

 

By the by, you're welcome; but you shouldn't be so kind as to thank me.

[Ludozee]

its not like I really thought you were offended, and my apologies weren't that humble, thats what I meant by being sarcastic

 

But anyway, whats your opinion on a chatbox?

[Nartwak]

Oh, yeah I see that. My guilt overshadowed your words.

 

As to a chat box; I think it's hard to enforce moderation, and that physically monitoring it would tie up an overproportionate amount of time. So... nay.

[Ludozee]

There are programs for moitoring and moderating fora costs a lot of time too, while chatting has a couple of advantages over using a forum, especially considiering how fast topics are disposed of

[Laozi]

How about not?

[Rhomal]

ofcourse they should be administrated, but I was thinking more in the lines of the fora, only then as a chatbox

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As someone who has used chatboxes in the past. Unless theres some that exist I have never see, your ability to 'administer' them is quite limited. The ones I have used and seen allows little editing of the content and most dont have built in filters. Thus if someone says something naughty unless you want to hack the database the chat data is stored the only want to remove it is to fill the box with text until the offending text scrolls away.

 

Of course registered ppls names are assoicated with the chat entry and you can easily track down and ban/warn the offender but once the damage is done its hard to undo. :/

 

My 2 coppers

[Bastilla_Skywalker]

yes it would be a lot easier to communicate with other forum goers

[Ludozee]

my idea exactly!

[Andyr]

By chatbox do you mean something like an IRC channel?

[Weiser_Cain]

Oh! Oh! Ban me first!

[Andyr]

Um... have I missed something?

[Ludozee]

By chatbox do you mean something like an IRC channel?

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No, more like a regular chatbox, with channels corresponding to the different fora