Shoutbox, make it happen. kty.
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Shoutbox, make it happen. kty.
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Originally Posted by Wilkd
Thanks for posting a suggestion! We have had shoutbox/chat systems over the years and they didn't really work out well. They may be used now but my two main concerns are:
- If posting decreases further because users are using the chat system. If so, bad idea.
- Moderation of the shoutbox. Moderation would need to be easy and would have to be part of the chat system.
i usually say lol no but i wouldn't mind it happening now. everyone's usual reaction is "no-one will use it" but it was used quite a bit on a saturday night when we had it a while back. don't think i'd use it now simply cause it was fun back then for the sheer immaturity that went on in there which i wouldn't do now............. it was too expensive for the amount it was used last time irrc.
not a massive fan of shoutboxes. and i don't think we're getting enough posts to implement a feature that may distract users from posting threads.
i don't like the idea, a majority of the users won't be as active in threads and people will probably be immature whilst using it.
hmm interesting suggestion, something I may look into introducing maybe a few days a week or something like that. I know a couple of other fansites have shoutboxes but only make them viewable like on a Friday/Saturday
Kills the site, bandwidth wise. Also stops people from posting. Theres little positives about it
I wouldn't say it stops people from posting, I know on other forums that I use that have shoutboxes I will still post and have a look at the shoutboox. Other fansites that have shoutboxes still manage to get a decent amount of posts as well, if it's something that's only there once or twice a week I don't think it would affect post count that dramatically really. Maybe something that we can trial and see what happens.Quote:
Originally Posted by GoldenMerc
I'll discuss it with Matt, David and Jin regarding the bandwidth issues as I know it was something that may have been a problem in the past & I guess with the downtime we have sometimes I don't want to make it any worse :o
It makes the forum slower though :(
We've had a external shoutbox before. It was the biggest waste of money...ever
Yeh I think something that CH used to do before, 'Shoutbox Friday' would be a cool idea, where people could post on a Friday evening or something just to interact. Could even bring people together more. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by scott