i'm curious to see examples of where it's been tried before. it seems like a lot of people have had bad experiences with something like this. i'll admit that i don't get out much.
Really the best test for something like this would be just a general shoutbox. The Nifflas forums have one of those, but traffic there is generally light so I don't think it's the best example out there, but if a shoutbox gets stupid and spammy here then it'd definitely be detrimental to the forum to make a wholesale switch.
As long as I'm posting, might as well chime in to say I'm against this idea. As far as video game forums go this place has a fairly mature air to it and I think this would damage that. We have the IRC channel, keep the chatty stuff there and leave the forums as they are.
As long as I'm posting, might as well chime in to say I'm against this idea. As far as video game forums go this place has a fairly mature air to it and I think this would damage that. We have the IRC channel, keep the chatty stuff there and leave the forums as they are.