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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: razor_blade on February 18, 2002, 03:59:14 pm

Title: A suggestion for HLP staff
Post by: razor_blade on February 18, 2002, 03:59:14 pm
I was thinking. Would it be a good idea if you guys setup a CHAT section on your web-site? I was thinking about a chat for Freespace.

I don't know if this was suggested before, but if it wasn't concider this as a suggestion. I think that the new forums are great, but perhaps it would be more fun to chat with other people instead to wait for reply on the thread you posted.

Any comments?
Title: A suggestion for HLP staff
Post by: Fineus on February 19, 2002, 01:58:20 am
An interesting idea but one that has a few problems...



There are other reasons but those are the main ones...
Title: A suggestion for HLP staff
Post by: Kamikaze on February 19, 2002, 03:08:45 am
Well, heres a few points I'd like to point out.

#1: The forums are here for chatting. Setting up a chat channel would draw people away from the forums and we don't want that, do we? ;)  Mainly because this is an art site as much as a mod/chat site.

#2: If we are to set up chat, we could get people ( like me :wink: ) to moderate the channel. (of course, I don't have time to moderate an HLP channel full time...) If the moderators are corrupted, people would report it to you, the admins, who would de-op them... Of course in the end you might as well not have it, because of the hassle... :p
Title: A suggestion for HLP staff
Post by: Sandwich on February 19, 2002, 04:17:18 am
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Originally posted by Thunder

  • There are IM programs out there if people want peer-peer chat...[/B]
:) <--- that had better be a nodding smiley... :p

EDIT: A-ha! Here it is! :nod:

:D
Title: A suggestion for HLP staff
Post by: Styxx on February 19, 2002, 06:14:40 am
Well, I don't think a chat would work well. The forums are good enough IMO, as long as that annoying connection limit isn't broken again... :p
Title: A suggestion for HLP staff
Post by: Setekh on February 19, 2002, 06:21:34 am
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Originally posted by Thunder
thunderstorms ;)


:D

Anyway, there's also the deal with time zones. The population demographic browsing HLP is so varied that there wouldn't be too many people online for periods lengthy enough for real chats. Remember, there's also the PM system.