Muad'Dib Posted October 27, 2003 Share Posted October 27, 2003 Otaku boards is an incredible site, but you have to admit... sometimes it moves a little to slowly. And this is not just for slow moving threads, but for making the site more.. interesting? Not to say that OB isn't interesting already... anyway, to the point. I think it would be a pretty cool idea to have a chat room on OB. Or maybe more than one so not everyone is cramped on one message screen. Sure, we have PMs but even they can move pretty slow. It would be great for people tossing ideas around, and may even prevent some spamming. If you're worried about cursing and so on, then there are chat programs that edit swear words. (not sure what they are though). I suppose you could argue that we already have AIM and MSN but some people don't have those, and don't want them. So putting a chat room on OB would give them a chance to talk about things with fellow OBers without the slow restrictions of PMing. What do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyo no Ryu Posted October 27, 2003 Share Posted October 27, 2003 There used to BE a chat in this bord but it was rid of due to certain problems. Why would it be returned? Pointless. THREAAD CLOSED (not really) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib Posted October 27, 2003 Author Share Posted October 27, 2003 OH.... well ya see I didn't know that... so I guess if anyone else has an opinion? or a mod can shut it down... whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted October 27, 2003 Share Posted October 27, 2003 [color=#707875]To be more accurate, theOtaku.com (our parent site) had a chatroom for a long time. Several years, in fact. But we ultimately decided to close it down because it was too difficult to moderate and it was being abused. We decided to keep all discussion on OtakuBoards, for various reasons. The main one is so that we can moderate discussion...but also because OtakuBoards is the hub for so many things in our community -- whether it is a special event, or an RPG, or non-anime discussions. And now with myOtaku as a further extension of that, we really feel comfortable with what we have. But I appreciate your suggestion.[/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyo no Ryu Posted October 27, 2003 Share Posted October 27, 2003 Well I guess I couldnt havve said that better though I havent been here long ANYWAY. I voted nay because people can get away with too much in there. My mom always used to say stay away from those. NOW "thread closed" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate Posted October 27, 2003 Share Posted October 27, 2003 What you would need to make it work is 3 or 4 mods, so one could be in it at all times. If you could do that, then it would work, probably. But, i wouldn't pick just anybody, pick someone who has benn on here for a while, maybe has been a mod before, or something. Have no cussing rules and stuff liek that, but make them hold it to the same extent as on here. And, if needed, ban a few IP addresses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyo no Ryu Posted October 27, 2003 Share Posted October 27, 2003 But thats just it. They DID have that kinda stuff. How could a chat go with 1 moderator? I didnt. And Im SURRE there were the same rules as OB. "thread closed" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted October 27, 2003 Share Posted October 27, 2003 If we ever have a chat, it'll be integrated with myOtaku - but that's something really really far into the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheShinje Posted October 28, 2003 Share Posted October 28, 2003 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Kyo no Ryu [/i] [B]"thread closed" [/B][/QUOTE] You can't just command a thread to be closed, you're not a moderator. :rolleyes: It's a good suggestion, just not applicable for OB for the reasons James stated above. My opinion of having a chat room here is that, while it would be a good thing, the instances of it being abused are too numerous, unless of course, you had a registration process for it, and I've seen it done elsewhere, then, abusers could be banned. But then again, AIM is easy peasy to download, i suggest just downloading that to use, and it's free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fyxe Posted October 28, 2003 Share Posted October 28, 2003 [SIZE=1][COLOR=darkblue]Yeah, the Otaku.com used to have a chat room but it has been gone for awhile now. When I went it was good for quite awhile.... then things went downhill. I did enjoy going, but we would need more rules if there was another one up'n'running. I've managed to live without it, now I have a great time here. ^_^ I really don't care if we have another or not, if we don't, I'm fine with the just the OB. The OB is the best place for me to go on the internet, so I'm fine with it. Oh yes... Kyo no Ryu... you really gotta stop saying "thread closed". One you are not a mod. Two... it's very annoying, you've said it three, count them up, THREE times in this thread. It does not need to be closed. Please, don't blow it out of perporsion.(sp?)[/COLOR][/SIZE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maikiratori Posted October 28, 2003 Share Posted October 28, 2003 I think having a chat would be a great idea...I mean some people aren't really good a mb's so they don't post a whole lot in them...or if they do the posts are either unbelievably long or only a few words long... They're better suited for chatting rather than message boarding.... That's just my opinon though..:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib Posted October 28, 2003 Author Share Posted October 28, 2003 OK... well thanks for your support maikiratori, but I see the faults in the idea now... like you guys said, there would have to be a mod. on at all times. I don't think any of us have that much time (unless you're old and retired). Also, even with a mod. on, there would probably be too much "spammable" chat going on to deal with it anyway... so I guess it was a bad idea :stupid: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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