The status updates I've been seeing over the past two days make me wonder how many people truly value the forum community here, and not just the chatroom.
I never felt un-welcomed in the forums and threads! It was always the accursed chat room. I think it would be much better if it never came back or if there was an addition to the system where there is more than one room and you could create your own public rooms intended for you and your comrades
not going to happen, skysong. feld0's said that the chat's features are what it is right now, and can't be radically changed like that. or something among the lines.
Personally, I love the forum here! I've never ventured into the chat, but I tend to prefer responding at a leisurely pace as opposed to constantly popping out an answer.