Chatroom

I suppose you could limit the number of times a person posts in the shoutbox. Maybe once people get sick of five posts/day, they will start using the chat more?

Is that for the better Sapphire, I think not therefore I have to shoot you.

*shoots Sapphire*

WTFGRAMROMFGROFLBRBG2GKTHNKSBAIPIKAZORS.

"Is that for the better, Sapphire? I think not; therefore, I have to shoot you."

*phew*

Now children, try to stay on topic

Mike'll probably have enough to sort through when he gets back, even without us making all these trivial posts and threads.

I was just trying to think of every possible option, so Mike will have the widest selection of ideas...

Originally Posted by W.E. Sapphire

I suppose you could limit the number of times a person posts in the shoutbox. Maybe once people get sick of five posts/day, they will start using the chat more?

That wouldn't make any sense...well, how would that help?

If people would like to chat, and the amount of time they can use the shoutbox is limited, they would naturally search for an alternative.

Weak reasoning, I admit, but it's plausible to a certain degree.

What we need is a group of people that will idle in the chat for hours on end and make conversation when they see a message. I would be willing to do this since I use my pc off and on from about 10AM-3PM on this site's time. Anyone else volunteer?

If you want the chatroom to be used over the shoutbox, you can do one (or both) of two things-

1) Get rid of the shoutbox
2) Advertise it! It loks so lonely at the bottom of the screen, and the shoutbox is readily available AT THE TOP. So, people want to use the shoutbox more!

That is all the wisdom I shall share for now. Now, back to my hiding hole!