Question on the forbidden subject.

[Sunnymilk 40]

I know that I am insanely late for this, and people will probably hate me for pulling it back up. but I don't give a flying horsenipple, I will post it anyway.

 

Yes, chat was spammy at times, quite often rather inappropriate, and yes, some of those times I where involved. But here is the thing, moderators are actually the solution to this, but not just any moderators, you need moderators who people respect, not because of their rank, but for who they are. people listen to people they like. possibly even after they have left.

 

When a moderator joined in the chat on this site, people stepped down a notch, at least for some mods and went right back at it the second they left. when controlling a mass, you want respect, not fear. Fear is the thing most moderators on this forum have acted by. at least during the time I actually was active here. Of course I have no clue how it is today. but I suspect nothing has changed.

 

You have the people who go like this: "Oh, he said bad stuff! ban!" and you have the people who go like this: "Oh, he said bad stuff, better make him change his ways somehow". only one of those ways are the proper one. especially for a fluent chat it is apparent. But then again, not many people where actually banned from the chat. I know, I spent a lot of time there.

 

As was mentioned on page one on this thread, a live chat is much better than a forum when it comes to making friends. Personally I am not good at making friends on a perfectly forum-y forum. since I either post really short answers. or posts like this one. I am fairly certain this counts for more people than just me and said poster on page one. maybe not necessarily for the same reasons.

 

when talking to people live, you get to know them personally in an entirely different way than you get with the standard "Tell us something about yourself" topics you find on every possible forum ever to exist on the internet. where you get the same standard replies. and you have pretty much achieved nothing when it comes to actually knowing the person.

In the chat, in between the easily removable spam, you get a completely different kind of conversation and you are able to converse with people on a much more personal level and you might get to actually know this person.

 

And lastly, to all the people who for whatever reason they choose, absolutely hate the chat, well, chat is not for everyone, the forum is still there for you people to enjoy the exact same way you are doing right now. but some people actually loved chat, me included. the cheer amount of awesome conversations i have had with some of the people there.

 

I remember one reply to the old topic from when the chat was close, I cant remember the posters name but the post was liek this "And nothing of value was lost" to that, all I have to say, maybe not for you but some people actually really enjoyed it.

Those who did not, well why care? It is simply just to not continue using it.

 

Also, though i am not hundred percent certain of the legitimacy of these claims. one of the reasons Feld0 decided to close down chat was because he wanted people to post on his forum instead of goofing off in chat. dude, you had almost three thousand members at the time. you have how many now? five thousand. How much does 10-20 people at any one time actually hurt you? and in any case. what is the problem? the fact that the conversation is not there saved for everyone to see at any one given time? If that is the case, I don't see the actual issue with it.

 

abrupt stop because dad calling me ruined my chain of thought peace out.