I Love TDN Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 Well, I'm not really sure if threads like this have been posted already, but I was wondering why we don't have a chat box here in TDN. And do you think we should include a chat box here? Is it because that forum skins with chat boxes cost more? This topic has been edited by a member of staff (Shiny Magnezone). The original topic had been answered. Please check your user inbox to see if you have been contacted regarding this topic. Per the reason above, this topic has been LOCKED. Please contact Shiny Magnezone if you have any questions regarding this action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
queensorchadragon Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 It shouldn't be to hard to include? This forum looks to be made by VBforum, (I may very well be mistaken) and I am on another forum with very limited funds that has a chatbox open to members with 10+ posts. the only thing that it costs is server functionality, i am guessing, though I may be completely wrong and it might cost a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anime Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 We had a chat box at one point but it was difficult to moderate and full of spam. It is possible to install one on the forums, but we feel that all of the conversation that would take place on it could be done via a thread or a PM, and thus there is no need for one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweetdang Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 How about a shoutbox? Something where we can rant, and just post stuff, but not have conversations. Or will that be hard to moderate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xepha Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 How about a shoutbox? Something where we can rant, and just post stuff, but not have conversations. Or will that be hard to moderate? As Anime just explained, we had one shout box at some point. It was too much of a pain to maintain a shout box around our forums and it was also killing the actual conversation around our various threads. For these reasons, we don't wish to implement it back at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I Love TDN Posted September 14, 2011 Author Share Posted September 14, 2011 How about a shoutbox? Something where we can rant, and just post stuff, but not have conversations. Or will that be hard to moderate? Chat box and a shout box is basically the same... Please read what this thread is really about before posting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Yoshinho Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 It shouldn't be to hard to include? This forum looks to be made by VBforum, (I may very well be mistaken) and I am on another forum with very limited funds that has a chatbox open to members with 10+ posts. the only thing that it costs is server functionality, i am guessing, though I may be completely wrong and it might cost a lot. Way off lol This forum uses Invision Power Board (IPB or IP.Board for short) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweetdang Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 Chat box and a shout box is basically the same... Please read what this thread is really about before posting... Sorry, but I see them as different things. :) I thought "chat box" as in that auto update thingy at the side, e.g your Facebook chat, and "shout box" as a place where people just post. It's kind of just a space where you can post a short rant, but not really post a topic. Different from a chatbox because a. It doesn't atuo update b. It's not for carrying out chats. But anywhoo, just clarifying. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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