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Kubo
Joined: Aug 24 2005
Location: Mount Holly, NJ
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I'm sure this has been suggested ad naseum in the past... but I've never seen a thread dedicated to it (although I've admittedly not dug very hard).
Any chance of a chat room for online users? I know precisely 0 about web design and bandwidth requirements, but would it be too logistically difficult to create a chat room for the website?
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DarknessDeku
Title: Deku Scrub
Joined: Dec 08 2007
Location: The Forest
Posts: 3280
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Either that or Syd can make a shout box.
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DarknessDeku is already assimilated by the bots.
He knows your algorithm. |
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Blackout
Title: Captain Oblivious
Joined: Sep 01 2007
Location: That Rainy State
Posts: 10376
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Screw that, let's all meet up for a BBQ / Kegger.
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docinsano
Title: Boner King
Joined: Jan 08 2008
Location: Mpls Mini Soda
Posts: 2305
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I think freenode has some irc servers and stuff but I'm not sure of how to set up an irc chat room and all that jazz.
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DarknessDeku
Title: Deku Scrub
Joined: Dec 08 2007
Location: The Forest
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| docinsano wrote: |
| I think freenode has some irc servers and stuff but I'm not sure of how to set up an irc chat room and all that jazz. |
You can add free live chat to any site at http://chatango.com/.
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DarknessDeku is already assimilated by the bots.
He knows your algorithm. |
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Tyop
Title: Grammar Nazi
Joined: May 04 2008
Location: Sauerkrautland
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| docinsano wrote: |
| I think freenode has some irc servers and stuff but I'm not sure of how to set up an irc chat room and all that jazz. |
Looks like you wouldn't be allowed to set up a #sydlexia channel on freenode anyway. Only Syd as the owner of the site could do that per their policy:
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| Web Media. Members of blogger communities are welcome to set up channels associated with their sites or communities. Owners of forum [...] sites are welcome. |
But, yeah, freenode is pretty good. I've been active on their servers in the past and never had problems.
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Ghandi
Title: Alexz Aficionado
Joined: May 21 2008
Posts: 2889
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A chatroom would be awesome. If you can find the old Geocities HTML chatroom script you've GOT to me where you got it.
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M3GA MAN
Title: The Big A
Joined: Jun 19 2008
Location: Nowhere.
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| Ghandi wrote: |
| A chatroom would be awesome. If you can find the old Geocities HTML chatroom script you've GOT to tell me where you got it. |
Forgot the word tell. I would love a chat room so I dont have to wait so long for someone to post.
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FNJ
2010 SLF Tag Champ
Joined: Jun 07 2006
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sidewaydriver
2010 SLF Tag Champ
Title: ( ͡� 
Joined: May 11 2008
Posts: 6160
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Can we have a food chatroom?
I'm just kidding!
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M3GA MAN
Title: The Big A
Joined: Jun 19 2008
Location: Nowhere.
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Food Forum is dead man, even if you were not joking. No one advertised it so its basically just zombie ffm.
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username
Title: owner of a lonely heart
Joined: Jul 06 2007
Location: phoenix, az usa
Posts: 16123
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did someone say kegger?
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docinsano
Title: Boner King
Joined: Jan 08 2008
Location: Mpls Mini Soda
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If you build it, they will come.
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FNJ
2010 SLF Tag Champ
Joined: Jun 07 2006
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| M3GA MAN wrote: |
| Food Forum is dead man, even if you were not joking. No one advertised it so its basically just zombie ffm. |
did you really expect it to actually last?
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Syd Lexia
Site Admin
Title: Pop Culture Junkie
Joined: Jul 30 2005
Location: Wakefield, MA
Posts: 24869
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I could set up an IRC chatroom on DALnet or Efnet.
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docinsano
Title: Boner King
Joined: Jan 08 2008
Location: Mpls Mini Soda
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DarknessDeku
Title: Deku Scrub
Joined: Dec 08 2007
Location: The Forest
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| M3GA MAN wrote: |
| Food Forum is dead man, even if you were not joking. No one advertised it so its basically just zombie ffm. |
HOLY FUCKING SHIT ARE YOU A STUPID FUCK I SAID ADVERTISE THE FUCKING SITE AND YOU DID NOTHING SHUT THE FUCK UP ABOUT THE FORUM
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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
Location: Connecticut
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| Syd Lexia wrote: |
| I could set up an IRC chatroom on DALnet or Efnet. |
There is a better way.
Run it through Meebo as a room and link it as a web2.0 application. Free, simple, no extra registration.
I can even help you embed it if you need assistance. Then no one ever needs a client unless they want one. One word though.
Consider the implications of chat vs forums.
Forums everything everyone says is logged and out in the open. People tend to think about what they will write. If you make it a chat room, sometimes people can spew off fast and things get tense. I'm not advocating against it, just saying that it should be noted and realized that moderation may be needed on occasion.
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Syd Lexia
Site Admin
Title: Pop Culture Junkie
Joined: Jul 30 2005
Location: Wakefield, MA
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Embedding? No. I'm not opposed to an official chatroom, but it will most certainly be offsite.
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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
Location: Connecticut
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| Syd Lexia wrote: |
| Embedding? No. I'm not opposed to an official chatroom, but it will most certainly be offsite. |
Any particular reason?
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Syd Lexia
Site Admin
Title: Pop Culture Junkie
Joined: Jul 30 2005
Location: Wakefield, MA
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Because there's no reason for it to be a proper part of the site. Chat rooms aren't the novelty they were in the heyday of AOL. I like the idea of IRC because it's old school and it's also a nice little screening process. If you ( this is the general you. I know you personally know how to do it.)!can't figure out how to get on IRC, you probably don't deserve to be chatting with us anyway.
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docinsano
Title: Boner King
Joined: Jan 08 2008
Location: Mpls Mini Soda
Posts: 2305
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So, thumbs up for the chat room?
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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
Location: Connecticut
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| Syd Lexia wrote: |
| Because there's no reason for it to be a proper part of the site. Chat rooms aren't the novelty they were in the heyday of AOL. I like the idea of IRC because it's old school and it's also a nice little screening process. If you ( this is the general you. I know you personally know how to do it.)!can't figure out how to get on IRC, you probably don't deserve to be chatting with us anyway. |
And now I know that you know that I know how to do it!
Whee!
I see your point though. I will participate no matter how it is done, so I await the channel server and name.
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Ghandi
Title: Alexz Aficionado
Joined: May 21 2008
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| Syd Lexia wrote: |
| Because there's no reason for it to be a proper part of the site. Chat rooms aren't the novelty they were in the heyday of AOL. I like the idea of IRC because it's old school and it's also a nice little screening process. |
HTML chats are old school too  Very 90's-Geocities-before-Yahoo-bought-them-and-screwed-them-up.
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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
Location: Connecticut
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Whats the word on this?
Looked like it was a go, then kinda fizzled.
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