Possibility of a chat function?

Bump said:

stupid idea... been proposed before... was rejected as a stupid idea then too

Too many users on here, wouldn't work, would just cause major major dummy spitting and be full of newbees asking about tyre sizes...

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Pumpy said:

Chat rooms can have pros & cons.

+ It could give some of the full time keyboard warriors somewhere to hang out rather than clutter up threads with inane banter*, no names :lol: (*as opposed to useful banter )

- someone might have to moderate it/scan logs etc. Spam could be an issue too.

A more useful feature would be a locked reference library of threads where the banter has been edited out/removed, everyone soon gets to know where the reference thread is on a particular topic so they're easy to link instead of directing noobs to the search every time. Searching for the definitive thread would be much easier as you wouldn't have to read 4 dozen threads directing someone to the search (which lets face it, is not brilliant)
The downside is it would take a hell of a lot of work to build the reference section as it becomes a small mirror of the whole forum. OK sticky threads can do this job, but then the top of the forums get cluttered if every good thread became stuck, if people rated threads more it might help, but not many people bother rating threads!

I miss half the new threads as the "new posts" search times out on about page 5 before I get to see the other 5 pages of titles :lol:

I used to moderate a big yank gardening forum where the reference section was a brilliant feature, shame it disappeared yrs ago, it could have been a good book.

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the_wolf said:

I don't wanna shag any of you buggers just saves cluttering up the forum with inane questions of which there is only one answer and saves everyone from having to put up with Bolly, Rachel and I's ridiculous conversations about a 5 piece 80s themed band

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