Should we get a chat room?

Aaron_S · 11-05-08, 05:50 PM

The topic says it all:

gonesnakee · 11-06-08, 12:37 PM

I voted NO as I would never ever use it myself. Mark

Aaron_S · 11-06-08, 10:37 PM

I only put this here for Chase, and I didn't want to make a bad question like "Is Chase technologically impaired?" After reading the other poll thread, I can interchange Chase with Mark LOL

bo_mister1231 · 11-07-08, 11:04 AM

I think We Should

gonesnakee · 11-07-08, 11:49 AM

Ya I tried starting a poll from the existing thread, I guess it only works when starting a new thread. Mark

C#@$e · 11-07-08, 06:21 PM

HAHA technololgically impariaed

Aaron_S · 11-07-08, 10:12 PM

Yah you're right Mark, only with a new topic.

LadyParvati · 11-11-08, 08:08 AM

A chat room needs a minimum of two, and preferably more, concurrent users. How often are several (or even two) people on the website at the same time?

When I get on, most others are offline. Of course, if I got on during the night more, I might run into others on the site as well, though I've never seen more than a couple even when I have gotten on the site in the middle of the night.

The value of a chat room depends on the number of users. At this time, there don't seem to be enough people on at the same time to support a chat room, IMHO. Even so, it would be nice to be able to chat rather than post and wait, post and wait . . . ah well. We need the population for that.

Sandy

LadyParvati · 11-11-08, 09:20 AM

This is been percolating in the back of my mind for the last hour, and I had another thought that we might want to consider. One of the valuable things about the forums is that they provide an opportunity for many people to weigh in with their perspectives, ideas, and suggestions. Any misinformation is quickly corrected on the forums.

On a chat, that might not occur, as if only two or three people get involved in a chat, there are fewer sources of information and a much greater probability of misinformation without correction. No one can join a chat that occurred in the past to correct any inappropriate or inaccurate info; that could be bad for the snakes (at least), it seems to me. So, while a chat could be fun, it also could be less than a positive addition in terms of helping people learn how to care for their snakes appropriately.

Just my thoughts.

Aaron_S · 11-11-08, 10:58 AM

It was just a poll I made for Chase really, and a topic that came up some months ago when this site was revived.

Even the more visited Canadian reptile site doesn't have a chat feature. It doesn't get used as much and really it's a lot more difficult to monitor. I do recall when this site did have a chat feature, and I know very well not everything is good inside a chat room.

gonesnakee · 11-11-08, 01:16 PM

A chat also requires active moderation at all times or is subject to major abuse as well

Mark

LadyParvati · 11-12-08, 07:03 AM

Yep. Sounds like we're all on the same page on this one! ;-)

C#@$e · 11-12-08, 09:09 AM

really i think it sounds kewl ya know like and is a good way to get more people to visit. like you see a friend and your like"hey you should join the forum its called sSnakeSs.com IT HAS A CHAT ROOM!"

LadyParvati · 11-13-08, 10:11 AM

I can see your perspective, Chase. It's just that Chat Rooms can introduce a whole host of other issues that any website's management may not want or be able to deal with easily. Maybe someday in the future--technology is changing so fast, the problems we think will occur may be easily resolved in the future!

Aaron_S · 11-13-08, 02:50 PM

Most websites seemed to have disabled their chatrooms. They don't seem to be as popular anymore. Yahoo even shut their's all down.