Joy Foraker

I like the idea so my vote would be "Yes" Some will use and some will not. The biggest problem with chat rooms is that they are too big for meaningful exchange of ideas.

This is a small group, I notice there are many times when I am the only one on the site, so chatting should be calm. I use IM with webcam and mic alot. I talk to ppl all over the world and its very interesting. If you don't vote for chat rooms maybe you could allow people to post their IM URL for chattings. Yahoo's transfer files function is very fast and convenient to use.

Joy

shem

I'm not much of a chatter but I do occasionly find myself exchanging IM's through MSN, Yahoo, etc. I have mixed feelings about it because I know that on several occasions I had wished that we had a chat room but since I frequently read posts during working hours, it wouldn't be appropriate for me to engage in chatting. My J.O.B. (Just over Broke) wouldn't appreciate it. Ohhhhh Mommmmmy!

Rich

kiwi

Hi Rich


Ya Rich it also has that putting temptation in our way aspect eh ,very easy to spend an hour or so chatting without realizing it until you look at your watch.


Stu.

lilwicked805

Well there are times that having that one on one real time comes in handy for sure. But I think that short changes the reason for the board. Any help you give someone will most likely benefit someone else at some point. It is great to have the posts to refer to for help. I figure we all have AIM or Yahoo if we wanna chat. That is just a newbies perspective....[stuned]

jpfitness

huff ........puff [saywhat] found her mum will let me after the dishes are done and the rubbish are out then she said I can talk to myself as long as I like he he he [confused]

cool I can argue with myself about how much noise I add [bustagut]

sfm

aironite

Any more voters? Mark, what's the deadline for these things?

Personally, I had reservations doing this poll. But since I started the ball rolling by asking around and checking with Mark, I don't want to go back on my word.

The cons that many has said here is true and came as an eye-opener for me. And private messaging and email has worked for a lot of us here including myself. My idea of a chat room was for people to use it as a tool for learning as well as friendly banter. But it depends on how other people uses it. If used properly, it's to the forum's and member's advantage but if not, and sadly it is the case in most other forums with c. r.'s, it defeats the purpose.

Such unfortunate that a tool such as this sometimes go to waste. I like visiting chat rooms but sometimes, the discussions I encounter are not to my liking, morally and intellectually. I was thinking that with a chat room here in PSG, the trend would be different. This is because I find that everyone here are mature, decent and respectful.

My vote is yes. But.... owing that up till now it was a close race, I still leave it to you, Mark, and to your main moderators to make the final call.

dv8

jpfitness

your quiet right that it could be a powerful tool and with the mad bunch we have here it could be a good thing to have although we are all on different time zones here but it could be a great learning tool

perhaps the answer is to try it and see how it goes once abused then the plug can be pulled
sfm

Kalrog

people dont like to vote i reckon.. there are 176 members as of today and there are only 9 votes!

Blinky2004

Ya... let's let this thread float-on a bit longer then folks. No real rush about this. Let's give some more time for more members to respond.

Woz

Hi all! It's been a bit since I found some time to come over and play. Oh yeah, I voted too. Don't really see a necessity for it, but if it was there I would use it. Just my 2 yen worth.