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Sly Bald Guys Info => Site Suggestions => Topic started by: danyroo on May 31, 2007, 10:46:08 AM
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Hey I was just thinking if possible to have some sort of shout box..
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Hey I was just thinking if possible to have some sort of shout box..
Such as a live chat room or something?
Sounds like a great idea, can we do it Tyler?
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Could be cool?
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I'll look into it and see what it would take to add it.
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I think it be cool.. this way you can actually talk ( chat ) with someone in real time..
also only members can see the chat box. and visitors that comes to see the site once they have an account created they can chat along..
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Great idea danyroo, thanks for checking into it Ty!
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I think its an awesome idea! O0
I know it can be done through vbulletin, im sure it can be done with SMF.
Let us know if you need any help getting it started!
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I think a chat room would be neat. O0
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that would be pretty cool.
if its not possible there are various programs that a chat would be able to be created on such as IRC.
I don't know much about IRC but I do know some of my friends are always on it so it cant be that bad.
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Ok...call me Donnie Downer, but I think it's not that good of an idea....
the flow is pretty good now , responses can be pretty quick...a different area to shoot the sh*t would fragment the group, you wouldn't know where to respond, plus it would add to everyones time here, just checking things out , taking away time from insightful responses to each other...
this site is FAR from being broke and the flow between us all is great....,but it's Tyler's site and he's done an awesome job so far, so if he says cool, it's COOL.
I for one need to FINALLY get some work done here at work and with a chat room I might as well stay at home bloggin' all day! Geez! ;)
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Ok...call me Donnie Downer, but I think it's not that good of an idea....
the flow is pretty good now , responses can be pretty quick...a different area to shoot the sh*t would fragment the group, you wouldn't know where to respond, plus it would add to everyones time here, just checking things out , taking away time from insightful responses to each other...
this site is FAR from being broke and the flow between us all is great....,but it's Tyler's site and he's done an awesome job so far, so if he says cool, it's COOL.
I for one need to FINALLY get some work done here at work and with a chat room I might as well stay at home bloggin' all day! Geez! ;)
I second that O0
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Ok...call me Donnie Downer, but I think it's not that good of an idea....
the flow is pretty good now , responses can be pretty quick...a different area to shoot the sh*t would fragment the group, you wouldn't know where to respond, plus it would add to everyones time here, just checking things out , taking away time from insightful responses to each other...
this site is FAR from being broke and the flow between us all is great....,but it's Tyler's site and he's done an awesome job so far, so if he says cool, it's COOL.
I for one need to FINALLY get some work done here at work and with a chat room I might as well stay at home bloggin' all day! Geez! ;)
I second that O0
I've never really done the chat rooms. But I think we have a good thing right now. O0
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Cool some great response. And I agree with all..
I was just going throught the site and saw Site suggestions.. so I thought I would throw it in..
but if you guys feel it could be disruptive.. no swet..
One I know of is visubox.. it's incorporate on the front page of the site and you can talk with others..
So I don't want to stir the pot here.. keep in mind I'm a new member and want to be a member that all of you will respond with.. so. sorry if I stired the pot.. O0
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I've never done the chat room thing either.
But to Andre's point, what we have here is pretty cool with a (mostly) great group of people. Would a chat room muck it up?
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Sorry to be another "downer" if that is what you want to call me but I second Andre's response.
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I have done them before both type and voice chat. and honestly they are pretty cool. I don't think it will detract from the main sight, but it would give people a chance to get to know each other even a bit better because it is an instant response. Just my 2cents on the subject.
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Let's look at a several things:
1. Chat rooms can be fun ... but they need to be safeguarded. It would need to be open to registered members of the board. If it is open to all, it could get quite nasty unless constantly monitored.
2. Much of what is learned (at least by me) from this site comes from reading posts. Look at it this way, if you miss a class you can always learn from the book. .. but you can't recapture the lecture.
3. It would offer greater camraderie (sp) and a chance to meet people.
Just my 3 cents!
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I think it was a great idea. But (there's always a but), after doing some research, I think I'm going to stick with the forum as the mode of communication. There's a place in your profile to add your IM client names so that if you want to chat you can.
My main reason for making this decision is that I like that the information that is presented to the users can be viewed anytime and the person doesn't have to be "in person" to get the info. There's also moderating and security issues that I have to worry about as well.
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My main reason for making this decision is that I like that the information that is presented to the users can be viewed anytime and the person doesn't have to be "in person" to get the info.
I agree. We are all in so many different time zones, it's difficult to get everyone online at the same time. I, for one, would miss a lot of info, if I had to be there "live" when it was posted. At least the forum can be read at any time and is archived if you want to refresh your memory about something.
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Hey I'm cool with that..
:)
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I just made a post about adding a chat room. But after reading all of this ...I good with not having a chat room. IT does get way out of hand. I was a moderator of a chat room and after about 2 weeks of that ...I threw in the towel...told them to stick it. YOu get all kinds of weirdos in there and then they want to turn it into a sex / get me off sort of chat room. Too much risk and security going on there....so I will just continue using up all of my 10 post per hour in pms and be happy with that.. lol
See ya
Timmmayyyy
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TimmmJ there are forum chatrooms that you have to log onto. That keeps all the outside undesirables just where they should be. On the outside.
I'll volunteer to police the new SBG chatroom. :popo
Come on TimmJ join the team. It won't be so bad. The rules for the chatroom will be the same as for posting on this site. "Treat everyone with dignity and respect." ^-^
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Only if I can be your partner! LOL....nahh I would really have to think hard about doing that again....you dont have live chat here....so it would be alot easier to maintain in here....
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Don't really see the need for a chat box. Want to talk in depth to one of the sly bros, just need to ask in a pm if they are willing to provide a phone number. Way less complicated, way more personal.
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AMEN Paul....
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I agree with Paul........... I love the format the way it is. The PM feature is great for 1 on 1 communications.
Just my opinion.......