chat room?
chat room?
Hey WR i was just wondering why there is no chat room here? I dont know much about websites or how they run etc. but a chat room might be kinda fun. Just a thought, sorry if no one likes it.
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RE: chat room?
I think that the biggest problem with having a chatroom is that we seem to be scattered as far as when we're on. In case you hadn't noticed, it gives you a listing of who's been active browsing (or posting on) the forum in the past five minutes. So far, I haven't ever seen more than five at once, and it's generally either just one or two.
Now, granted, there are more people on sometimes, I'm sure, and maybe I just hit off-hours, even though I tend to hit the forum at random points during the day and night, but the only effective use of a chatroom here that I can see is that it might be useful for having meetings that are at a preset time.
Now, granted, there are more people on sometimes, I'm sure, and maybe I just hit off-hours, even though I tend to hit the forum at random points during the day and night, but the only effective use of a chatroom here that I can see is that it might be useful for having meetings that are at a preset time.
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- White Rabbit
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RE: chat room?
Well, the main reason is that our host, Powweb, doesn't allow you to run any kind of chat programs or software on your website. They have a tendency to be really resource-intensive, I guess.
RE: chat room?
It still would be a piece of cake to get an IRC channel up and running, one that we all could idle in and leave messages.
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RE: chat room?
Well, I know where you could host one, either for free or for really cheap, and it's software I'm really familiar with, but I still don't think it's necessary.
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There's too much panic in this town."
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- bluecookies
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RE: chat room?
don't know about anyone else, but the thought of a chat room doesn't really do much for me. could just be me though.
RE: chat room?
It'd be cool, but I'd rather just set a meetup date and time and go explore rather than sit in a chatroom all day. Plus, I have enough excuses to stay online for longer than I should, don't need anymore.
RE: chat room?
I'd be up for the IRC channel. I'm usually online late at night.
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RE: chat room?
The DALnet servers have nickserv and chanserv. They're helpful.