Board Thread:General Wiki Discussion/@comment-24841494-20140413162532/@comment-6761334-20140414210520

Unless chat is significantly changed, it will eventually devolve into a cesspool of immaturity and drama. I am kinda tired of the random issues that crop up on this site due to chat and have been considering hanging out more on other creepypasta sites that don't have to deal with this.

However, I would be okay the on/off cycle. Provided it allowed me time to access the site without worrying about being waylaid by jackassery, I don't really mind the chat being around in some form. I frequent a lot of sites, and I suspect that a lot of the other users here do as well.

When chat is up, I can just spend more time elsewhere. When it is down, I'm more likely to post here. People who like the chat can have the opposite pattern. It's like an internet time share.

Personally, I agree in spirit with Noothgrush and Maria. However, I do see some potential. One it keeps the peace and both sides get something. Also, we could use the next down time to propose changes/revise chat. Basically, each down period could, in theory, work as a time to do chat soul searching and hopefully it could be made into something less immature.

I sorta doubt it. There seems to be a significant crowd that is opposed to just about any rule or oversight of chat. So, really I don't think it can actually get better. Still, if the chat moderates  are willing to agree with sharing the site I figure agreeing to a compromise is preferable to an outright fracture that encourages one camp or the other to leave.