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August 13th, 2006, 12:30 PM
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Ya, IRC-Java one....
Here's the example, check this out - if you go to www.scienceforums.net and you'll see the thing that says "SFN Chatroom" in that row there 
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August 15th, 2006, 02:55 PM
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Spamming the forum doesn't work anymore?
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August 15th, 2006, 03:40 PM
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its been suggested so many times I lost count.  The problem with a chat room in this forum is everyone would be getting on it looking for immediate help instead of posting their question - answers would get confusing and someone will mess up their computer because they used the wrong answer. IMO, since there is a feature for im in every profile, just use those if you need to chat,
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August 15th, 2006, 04:12 PM
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I have seen add ons for firefox that allow forum chatting while you are on the forum.. yak something.. we dont need a chat room never be able to get a word in edgeways
Last edited by black mirror; August 15th, 2006 at 04:22 PM.
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August 15th, 2006, 05:31 PM
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The main problem with a chat room is that someone needs to moderate it because some people tend to get out of line, and out of hand, in the anonymity of chat rooms.
To make sure it remains at least civil, at least one moderator needs to be in that chat room at all times. It's difficult, if not impossible, to find the volunteers needed to cover it 24/7.
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August 16th, 2006, 12:25 AM
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The main problem I see with live chat being used for help is how does that get archived for search (either on-site search or Web Search Engine).
The whole point of the forum (and this is why we are so hot on folks using PMs for support) is that every post forms a vast searchable archive of Qs and As.
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August 16th, 2006, 02:18 AM
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There are hundred, if not thousands, of chat servers on the net. It would be quite easy for somebody who's interested in chatting with other CTH people to set one up and let everybody on CTH know about it.
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August 16th, 2006, 06:51 AM
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You just know it's going to be abused. Whilst it may have good intentions starting out as general talk, it's going to end up with 2 people talking, and a thousand others posting their problems, drawing attention to their forum posts, abusing others, abusing CTH...
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