Chat box please?

[CT_Bolt]

I hope this isn't redundant but I was wondering would it be possible to get a chat box for this site?

I sometimes have questions & such that would be best answered in a chat box rather than messaging/posting.

Thanks for reading.

 

[Cunechan]

There is a skype group as far as i know. But a chat box would be great too especially for smalltalks.
But still, you can always make threads and ask there or pm people who are experts about the topic. But yeah, chatbox why not ?

 

[Micro]

I think this is a great idea. I would like a chatbox in the future, if it is possible.

 

[DarcHiro]

Yeah a forum chat would be interesting, it would allow immediate responses for those members that don't want to join the Skype chat. I am for it if we can come up with something like this.

Not sure how we would implement it though.

 

[Macro]

Not a bad idea, shoutboxes are pretty standard for a lot of forums. (I personally do NOT use Skype, too intrusive. Don't believe me? Google it!)

 

[Cunechan]

@DarcHiro I'm actually in a different rm forum too where they have a chatbox. Maybe it would even motivate people to stay here or to become active ? Idk it might even be a solution of a problem :D

 

[DarcHiro]

I've noticed that if you post a poll, people will look at this topic a bit more... and they can discuss why and why not they would want a Chatbox; however, I am all for it... so yeah I can only see good to come out of this.

@Cunechan yeah I was thinking that as well, not everyone wants to join the Skype so it will have easier access for other members.

 

[CT_Bolt]

Wow such a great response from everyone. Adding a poll now.
I believe this will motivate people and eliminate some useless "not all that necessary" threads.

 

[Macro]

What useless threads?

 

[Micro]

Yea I'm also curious what threads you find to be useless.

 

[Cunechan]

He might refer to the threads which get posted about general mv questions. We could communicate and solve little problems with asking members with the chatbox.

Still not useless threads ;)
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Edit: sorry my internet is shit and my phone too. Takes five minutes to send a reply and then it doesn't send and suddenly it says i double posted ? Well whatever

 

[CT_Bolt]

What useless threads?

Well none specifically, just referring to any that are just simply a quick question with a quick answer.
Like a 2 post thread that doesn't need to be.

Edit: Ok ok so useless wasn't the best choice of word, rather simply ones that don't necessarily need to be is all.

 

[LTN Games]

This has been brought up before and some of the big concerns were the speed of the website as chat boxes take a lot of resources from the server. Another concern is moderation, it takes a lot of man hours to make sure the chat is going well and no one breaks the rules. Then of course we have the fact that it may take away from the forum itself, less topics and messages due to everyone using the chat instead. I mean right now because we don't have an insane active forum it sounds like a fun idea but once we get 50-100 active members on at a time, the moderation will be a tough job.

 

[CT_Bolt]

This has been brought up before and some of the big concerns were the speed of the website as chat boxes take a lot of resources from the server. Another concern is moderation, it takes a lot of man hours to make sure the chat is going well and no one breaks the rules. Then of course we have the fact that it may take away from the forum itself, less topics and messages due to everyone using the chat instead. I mean right now because we don't have an insane active forum it sounds like a fun idea but once we get 50-100 active members on at a time, the moderation will be a tough job.

Ahh makes sense, I almost wondered if that was why there was not one already.
Well I suppose the conversation feature is really all that is needed anyway now that I really think about it.

 

[MinisterJay]

I agree with @LTN Games . It is so easy, from prior experience, for chat boxes to get quickly off topic, and have people going down multiple rabbit trails. Some have already complained about the slow speed that this site has on their particular devices; this would likely snail down their slow speed even more. Thanks for the suggestion. :)

 

[CT_Bolt]

I agree with @LTN Games . It is so easy, from prior experience, for chat boxes to get quickly off topic, and have people going down multiple rabbit trails. Some have already complained about the slow speed that this site has on their particular devices; this would likely snail down their slow speed even more. Thanks for the suggestion. :)

Honestly after re-considering this thought, I can totally understand what issues would happen.

 

[MinisterJay]

@CT_Bolt . Keep on coming up with ideas. Some get shot down. Some get discussed further. Some get approved. The awesome things about people that come up with ideas, is that they have creativity, and they chose not to sit idle and do nothing nor even state an opinion.

 

[Amysaurus]

I don't think we really need one, tbh. We've got a Skype group already, and PMs if you're looking for someone specific. I can understand not wanting to make a thread for small questions, but when the forum is still relatively small, any activity is nice. *shrugs*

 

[MistyDay]

Chat is fine, but i rather do not wanna have it here.
People could chat - thats great, but a lot of nice ideas and even helps would disapear there.
I prefere posting to forum, thats why i vote (no)

 

[JibstaMan]

Another "problem" with asking simple questions in a chat is that there's no record of those questions. When they're posted in a thread, the answer is visible to everyone and future members can find the answer if they're really looking. In a chat, the answer will be quickly buried, only to be asked again when a new member has the same question.