Board Thread:Administration/@comment-4832646-20140318213355/@comment-4832646-20140320145710

WiIlow wrote: Ok, lemme just ask something here.

Is chat a part of the site or not?

2 points that I have seen repeated over and over are:

1) People and moderators who don't edit and use the chat are not contributing to the site.

2)  Chat is not seperate from the main site, and is a part of it.

Now, from what I can see, those two points cancel each other out, because by the second point's reasoning, people who use chat, which is a part of the main site, are contributing. And moderators, by that same reasoning are contributing to the main site too by doing their jobs.

So, in that case, could I ask that you guys stick to one of these points and use it? They're both true. Think of it like this: Every city has some kind of recreational area. A park, a museum, whatever. Often, funded by the local government. Now, people are going to use it, obviously, but how does the place itself contribute to the city? It doesn't. All it does is provide a social gathering place when there's a different rec area not too far away, which is where voting is held, proposals are made, etc. In our case, it's the chat and the forum. The forum can act as a social function as well.

But to say that because something is on the main site and a part of it, automatically means everyone contributes isn't true. That's like saying that because you're in a bar you're drinking beer.