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JayC previously said:
I was thinking about installing a chat module here so people could have a chat room and hang out and BS during work hours, etc. I wanted to get some feedback and see if anyone would be interested.
Id probably use a flash based chat system to avoid any firewall issues with ident servers.
What do you guys think?
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Works for me. Although I've used chat quite a bit, I don't have any experience with chat as part of a discussion board, so I see two potential issues.
On a positive note, I suppose it might help people avoid hijacking threads and/or rambling inside a thread unnecessarily.
On a potential negative note: the possibility exists that great info will be exchanged in chat sort of 'on the fly'. This means:
a) people may miss out on potentially important info/convos they would have like to have heard, and
b) important info may not get memorialized in threads as it is today, thereby making it hard to research information (that took place in a live conversation).
All in all, it would create a live and probably colorful discussion area and provide a way for people to exchange information more quickly and that doesn't lend itself to posting back and forth.....
I say we try it and gather feedback. My biggest concern is missing out on good info that would otherwise be permanently archived in a thread today.
