Live Mdshooters Chat

[thomfantomas]

Instead of flooding our inbox and reaching high capacity of sent and received PM why not a Live Chat on the forum? vote for Yes or No!

 

[-Z/28-]

We tried that once; back during the 2013 legislative session.

 

[thomfantomas]

We tried that once; back during the 2013 legislative session.

huh was totally unaware of that.

 

[LCPIWB]

How about an IRC channel?
I use Mozilla Thunderbird as my IRC client, but there are plenty out there, even a webclient.
http://freenode.net/

See you at #mdshooters

 

[DC-W]

The forum I used to frequent was vbulletin driven and had a live text box on the home page. It pretty much gets loaded with completely inane drivel, where the water cooler just gets filled with drivel...

 

[Long1MD]

Most live chats do and it's very hard to keep up when on a phone screen as opposed to a laptop or desktop sized screen. Don't waste the time or effort... "It ain't broke so don't try to fix it"

 

[PJDiesel]

huh was totally unaware of that.

It worked very well for play by play. I can see it needing babysitters here if it were used regularly.

 

[-Z/28-]

It worked very well for play by play. I can see it needing babysitters here if it were used regularly.

Pretty much this. We used it to communicate in Annapolis since it was faster than posting. Outside of that context, it'll turn into a hot mess for the moderators and take away from meaningful discussions on the board.

 

[thomfantomas]

how about on weekends only ? ah? ah ?

 

[thomfantomas]

12pm-midnight ordeal or something ?

 

[j_h_smith]

I doubt you could ever get DD214 or Norton to ever agree to put their name on such an adventure. I wouldn't utilize it, for obvious reasons.

 

[BigSteve57]

I think it's a great idea BUT...

Perhaps a live chat might take additional computer infrastructure & effort that our mods do not have and can not afford.

 

[montoya32]

We tried that once; back during the 2013 legislative session.

He is suggesting a "chat" feature, not a thread for chatting.

 

[Biggfoot44]

How about reserved for hearings and similar events.

 

[lx1x]

He is suggesting a "chat" feature, not a thread for chatting.

So was he...

Dd214 added that feature but didn't make it permanent. Only on when the GA was on.

 

[montoya32]

So was he...

Dd214 added that feature but didn't make it permanent. Only on when the GA was on.

I never used it and wasn't aware. I guess it uses too much bandwidth to use all the time.

 

[lx1x]

I never used it and wasn't aware. I guess it uses too much bandwidth to use all the time.

Yep..

Its not like regular site.. Read and write on demand but rather on all the time.

 

[Sundazes]

It actually worked well during the GA. But for a permanent feature, meh, as was said this aint Twitter.

 

[mdknighthawk]

tinychat.com is a alternative

 

[Mr H]

He is suggesting a "chat" feature, not a thread for chatting.

That is what was launched, as it was needed, back in '13.

IMO, the moderation would need to be significant.