(MoC) Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 We all love to talk in this community, sometimes more than we should. I was thinking if we should put shoutbox for some easy random conversation. As it is some people are having issues with the IRC client and this software is pretty simple to set up. What do you all think? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/100963-an-insanelymac-shoutbox/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suhail Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 I would definitely have to disagree with this, mainly because it discourages people to post in the forum and people will end up using it for asking Hackintosh Questions all the time. So sorry but a BIG no no from me. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/100963-an-insanelymac-shoutbox/#findComment-720506 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superhai Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 I agree with suhail. Also because it clutters up the site. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/100963-an-insanelymac-shoutbox/#findComment-720541 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac_cute Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 @Suhail,Superhai I agree with both of you.There is no need (my opinion) to create a shoutbox... Example,Suhail wrote: ...mainly because it discourages people to post in the forum and people will end up using it for asking Hackintosh Good point... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/100963-an-insanelymac-shoutbox/#findComment-720675 Share on other sites More sharing options...
scj312 Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 NO Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/100963-an-insanelymac-shoutbox/#findComment-720682 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatshitcat Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 no. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/100963-an-insanelymac-shoutbox/#findComment-720710 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iSkylla Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 I have to agree also. Besides, you end up getting a lot of spam in those, too. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/100963-an-insanelymac-shoutbox/#findComment-721011 Share on other sites More sharing options...
(MoC) Posted April 23, 2008 Author Share Posted April 23, 2008 lol, then I guess it's a no. Thanks for the opinion, folks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/100963-an-insanelymac-shoutbox/#findComment-721112 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iSkylla Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 It really wasn't a bad idea, just not a good idea for this particular forum. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/100963-an-insanelymac-shoutbox/#findComment-721221 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boot Camp Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 I give a thumbs down. Although it truly does have its benefits, with over 160,000 members the shoutbox would be flying with posts. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/100963-an-insanelymac-shoutbox/#findComment-721466 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mebster Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 What are you guys talking about. We need a shout box more than anything else. Forget the system stability issues, even forget the unusable search but say hell yes to boxshout! So I'm a big thumbs Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/100963-an-insanelymac-shoutbox/#findComment-721534 Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 I agree with just about everyone here. MoC its a nice idea, and its good for a small forum with say only a few hundred members but we have close to 200,000 members here and it would cause a complete mess. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/100963-an-insanelymac-shoutbox/#findComment-721563 Share on other sites More sharing options...
(MoC) Posted April 23, 2008 Author Share Posted April 23, 2008 I agree with just about everyone here. MoC its a nice idea, and its good for a small forum with say only a few hundred members but we have close to 200,000 members here and it would cause a complete mess. Yeah, that's a big point I forgot about. It would be a damn flood!! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/100963-an-insanelymac-shoutbox/#findComment-721569 Share on other sites More sharing options...
djet Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 Well like before I'll take the opposite side. With a shoutbox for each forum (just maybe put it at the bottom so it doesn't hinder people using the forum) so that it won't get overly clogged and then make it so that there is a good flood control. The Hack questions would probably flood it so you could simply have it so that the rule is that the Shoutbox would be for only short questions, not "Can you tell me how to install Leopard on my dell?" Others just got back into the forums. Shoutboxes are very nice because they enable you to have a public chat room where people can look back into the conversation instead of having to ask "What are you talking about?" Still, I think it would be hard to implement, and the forums seem to function well w/o it. We could also consider offsite shoutboxes.... like on another page. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/100963-an-insanelymac-shoutbox/#findComment-724268 Share on other sites More sharing options...
(MoC) Posted April 25, 2008 Author Share Posted April 25, 2008 We could also consider offsite shoutboxes.... like on another page. We have IRC for that Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/100963-an-insanelymac-shoutbox/#findComment-724307 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suhail Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 Correct. Also having a shoutbox which loads every second would cause the Load to spiking high. Therefore resulting in more issues with server. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/100963-an-insanelymac-shoutbox/#findComment-724322 Share on other sites More sharing options...
stroke Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 Or you could just get a real IRC client and not waste your time? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/100963-an-insanelymac-shoutbox/#findComment-735868 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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