Chat Room

[FictionNet]

I reckon a chat room would be a good idea here at GPWA - y'know, somewhere for gpwa mods, affiliates, casino reps and guests to talk about whatever... could generate some good contacts/ideas.

In fact, I thought we used to have one? That might have just been a dream. Anyway - chat room, yay or nay. I'd create a vote poll if I could be arsed.

[WinYourWayKyle]

I would second a chat room being added to the GPWA.
I would be active in it I am sure.

[davemerry]

A domain forum I used to quite active in had a chat room and it certainly was flowing every time I participated. One of the main problems however was that a lot of good advice and discussion was lost in there - when it could have and should have been on the forums for everyone to read and reference.

Agreed however, a chat room would certainly not be a bad addition.

[WinYourWayKyle]

Another idea is you could have a public chat room associated with different forums to keep the chat on topic?
Just an idea...That way everyone can chat about what they want

[FictionNet]

Davemerry has made an excellent point - and one I hadn't considered - that it could take discussion away from the forum. This understandably wouldn't appeal to those in charge at GPWA.

[michael1981]

A chat room sounds like a really good idea, but it would have to be a general chat room. It would be hard to have a chat area for each section. Might be a good way to chat with affiliate managers if you have any payment issues

[craig96]

I would use one also.

$10 says that we would get: "Hey, check on this amazing site......" Every hour or so in the chat room.

Davemerry made a good point too with information being lost and forgot if anything that was of value was talked about.

Haha, could even have topic nights such as, SEO Monday.

[xecutable]

You got my vote for a chat room as well.

While this might kill some of the participation in the forum, it doesn't have to be that way.

Sure you might get a faster response in a chat room, but it will be very limited to the participants in it, on that current hour or day. As for a forum topic, it can be viewed by a larger audience and hence you might get a better response and all.

Anyway I believe it can be a good feature to think about. The only thing I would worry about is arguments, insults etc, stuff that generally happens in chat rooms when people disagree.

[pompeyrayuk]

In recent months we seem to have seen a fair few aggressive posts in the forum agreed?

Although a chat room is a good idea wouldn't it open up the opportunity for slagging matches?