Forum Suggestion

[Lew]

Shoutbox, make it happen. kty.

[xxMATTGxx]

Shoutbox, make it happen. kty.

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.

[buttons]

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.

[beth]

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.

[Jurv]

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.

[scott]

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

[GoldenMerc]

Kills the site, bandwidth wise. Also stops people from posting. Theres little positives about it

[scott]

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.

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

[GoldenMerc]

It makes the forum slower though
We've had a external shoutbox before. It was the biggest waste of money...ever

[Grig]

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.

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

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.