Habbox Forum chat box

[Pyroka]

It's not so much the fact that the previous chat system was an awful waste of money and time, it's simply that we aim to encourage people to post more often. A shoutbox detracts attention away from the forum and creates an area where the majority of members will lurk and posting will decrease even further.

But Garion, you're judging what would happen before you've even trialled it. Why not just give it to a small amount of members and see if posting is affected between one month of no shoutbox, and a month of the shoutbox?

That way, you know for certain that it's not for Habbox, you can say you've tried it properly before (because face it, the flashchat was a load of crap lol) & the results wern't promising. Simples!

[Inseriousity.]

I've always liked them personally, normally they're a good way for new members to interact with older members not bogged down by a topic. Didn't really like the chat that we had for the reasons Ryan said.

[The Don]

I just thought it would be easier for new members to make friends on the forum and also have help readily available (some of them might not know how to PM a moderator)

[Hecktix]

I know one of the main reasons we got rid of the old shoutbox (not chatbox) was because it was a security threat, and a lot of trouble happened because of it.

New Members will be very accessible to help come the time we set up the Welcome Committee

[Lost_Addict]

I hate the look of them and beliee it would make the forum look untidy if it was at the top.

Bottomo mabey, but i've never been a fan of them.

[Nixt]

But Garion, you're judging what would happen before you've even trialled it. Why not just give it to a small amount of members and see if posting is affected between one month of no shoutbox, and a month of the shoutbox?

That way, you know for certain that it's not for Habbox, you can say you've tried it properly before (because face it, the flashchat was a load of crap lol) & the results wern't promising. Simples!

We have had them before and I do think that it would render the spam forum obsolete. By adding it and then later removing it, which is a significant risk, we will annoy some members by giving them a feature we may well later remove.

We did have a shoutbox before the flashchat, too.

My problems include:

• Aesthetically, it may make the forum index look longer, bigger and more daunting. A problem often cited by members in feedback threads.
• It will detract member attention from threads around the forum, particularly the spam forum which I believe is a very important part of Habbox.
• It can be difficult to Moderate and at times if members are misbehaving a lot in the shoutbox it will be very off putting for new members. For example saying rude things.
• It poses a security threat that resulted in problems the last time we had one, as Oli said.
• It puts strain on our server loads which already has been and can be a problem.
• There is a significant chance the shoutbox will become just as cliquey as around the main forum, as it is a lot easier to bully and break rule and exclude members when others are having personal conversations.
• In my experience using chat boxes on a couple of forums, several conversations can go on at once which makes things confusing and frustrating and can lead to arguments.

[Pyroka]

We have had them before and I do think that it would render the spam forum obsolete. By adding it and then later removing it, which is a significant risk, we will annoy some members by giving them a feature we may well later remove.

We did have a shoutbox before the flashchat, too.

My problems include:

• Aesthetically, it may make the forum index look longer, bigger and more daunting. A problem often cited by members in feedback threads.
• It will detract member attention from threads around the forum, particularly the spam forum which I believe is a very important part of Habbox.
• It can be difficult to Moderate and at times if members are misbehaving a lot in the shoutbox it will be very off putting for new members. For example saying rude things.
• It poses a security threat that resulted in problems the last time we had one, as Oli said.
• It puts strain on our server loads which already has been and can be a problem.
• There is a significant chance the shoutbox will become just as cliquey as around the main forum, as it is a lot easier to bully and break rule and exclude members when others are having personal conversations.
• In my experience using chat boxes on a couple of forums, several conversations can go on at once which makes things confusing and frustrating and can lead to arguments.

Reading those points, I see your problems with it. For that reason I'll back down on the shoutbox

[Hecktix]

Reading those points, I see your problems with it. For that reason I'll back down on the shoutbox

Ryan I swear you were against a shoutbox last night when you said it?

[Pyroka]

Ryan I swear you were against a shoutbox last night when you said it?

noooo? i was fully for one, i was against the mod tags. :S

[Hecktix]

noooo? i was fully for one, i was against the mod tags. :S

Oh right kk, but yeh it won't be happening cause there's a lot of problems one would bring to the Forum, plus a forums about posting not chatting like that, that's what MSN's for!