Board Thread:Administration/@comment-4832646-20140401205802/@comment-24841494-20140404153501

ImGonnaBeThatGuy wrote: GraydonL wrote: If chat was used correctly it could be an excellent place to discuss this. Just because chat is nearly always quite chaotic does not mean it is not a useful resource in certain occasions. If we were all in chat, we could brainstorm and reply to each other at a much faster rate. Just sayin' This issue requires thought, time and review. Quickness and a rapidly scrolling chat wouldn't benefit this, or most important things involving the site infrastructure. It's hard to pay attention to everything in chat. How is speed going to help?

And, yes, because chat is always chaotic does make it not a useful resource. That's like saying just because a table is in the middle of a battlefield doesn't mean it's not a good place to have tea. Sure, the concept of the table is sound, but the reality isn't. I'm just saying it would be great place to brainstorm new ideas, then review them and clean them up later. Also, there are PMs that could be useful, or if there was a way to make it "private" so that way only people discussing the matter could enter/use chat for a small amount of time. We could also use a sister sites chat, which are generally a lot slower, if not completely empty. The thing is, you are factoring in the chaos, not considering the fact that you could move the table out of the battlefield.