Board Thread:Administration/@comment-2240864-20140808225958/@comment-2240864-20140813183511

Xelrog T. Apocalypse wrote: The second half of the paragraph didn't really merit a response. If you were here when it went down, then I assume you know the reason why. The chat removal went from temporary to permanent because people kept on complaining and sending hatemail over and over and over again after at least two highlighted warning threads saying "do not come complaining to admins about the temporary chat removal or it will become permanent."

As for the IRC, I don't see how that would be any different from the site chat, or how it would be immune to the problems that the site chat experienced. It's just changing the location of the chat, it's not addressing the issues at all. It's like, after your car is stolen, getting the same model with the same security features but in a different color. Same goes for Skype or any of the other suggested chat "alternatives" which are just other versions of chat.

IRC? It would allow a dedicated topic, relating to the site, for main chat...instead of the free-for-all fustercluck it was. People get angry when you ask them to steer chat toward a topic. It would unify chat into a coherent whole rather than a sloppy mess. It would give a place and a time for the pseudo-social media interpersonal discussions.