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cstanley1976:
first off i apologize if this is not the appropriate spot to post this.  i didn't feel like private messaging Iago and bog him down with it was right. 

the new chat feature is AWESOME!  I've used a lot of different chat websites before and this one is one of the best i've ever used.  easy to change rooms.  has a nice interface.  i love love love love it.  will totally use it.  and once more people start using it all the rooms will be in use too. 

thank you thank you thank you. ;D ;) ::) :P

iago:
It seems to be testing out pretty well. It doesn't handle server downtime well at all, but that's to be expected. :)

The Dread Pharaoh Roberts:
It's good for what it is, but...yeah, it ain't my cup of tea.  I like having threads I can come back to and see what folks were talking about, being able to coment on what a friend seven time zones away might've said at 2am my time, and just plain being able to multi-task on the internet without getting lost.  A chat window like this one pretty much demands full attention, and most of the time that's just not something I can do.
I think there's much more value in having a board where people can just shoot the breeze and be dorks in a few threads rather than being restrictued to using a chat function.  My $.02. :-\

Shecky:
Pharaoh, the problem lies in the recent history of these boards. Persistence (i.e., posts that don't fade away over time) has led to MAJOR social problems from time to time in these forums; people have shown a terrible tendency to burrow down through the days and find something to piss themselves off over. *shrug* Much as I enjoy the general ability to have a continuing conversation that preserves itself over time, the mods have had to put out fire after fire because too many people just can't control themselves (all of us included, to be sure), and that's a real pain in the ass for an understaffed, volunteer group of mods.

iago:
Consider it a blast shield to protect the forum from my growing urge to nuke it all from orbit (it's the only way to be sure).

I've had YET ANOTHER person take their time ON A FRIDAY FUCKING EVENING to re-re-re-report a post -- along with a nice big long goddamn rant about the moderation duties performed by my volunteer and largely uncompensated staff -- on a thread that is DEAD AND LOCKED AWAY.  A post that's days old, in a thread that won't be allowed to revive.

In fact, the whole Angst Corner thing is likely to get flensed from existence shortly. It's encouraged people to be toxic and worse to CONTINUE TO GRIND AXES. I mean, for the love of the gods, people. There's an OIL SPILL THE SIZE OF NEW YORK on our national doorstep.  EVERYTHING THAT'S SAID HERE IS LESS IMPORTANT THAN THAT.

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