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Yes I agree with that Emilio...i don't ever know when the chats are so i'm never there.
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Originally Posted by mousch
What we could do (up to you mods) without harming the bandwidth of the site is to start an IRC channel. #BallPythons on DALnet is unregistered (It doesn't exist). I could register that channel, and we could make it the BP.net 24hours chatroom? IRC is something I'm on a LOT of the time, we could get channel operators to work in shifts and a bot.
We could not really support that - of course nor could we prevent it. What gave us pause in doing somethign similar is the lack of an integrated user db - anyone could sign on appearing as whatever username they wanted to. IRC also has some potential risks in terms of malicious code, vulnerabilities etc which the uninitiated would tend to be quite prone to.
Of course everyone here is free to pursue chat in any form they want to outside of the site be it AIM, IRC, Ventrilo etc etc etc - but as far as something site sponsored or "official" (man that sounds officious lol) I think we'll tend to stick with the soluton it took so long to find.
If the bulk of help and communication moved offsite into chat I would not be concerned about stats or traffic or antyhing of that sort - but i do think it would be a loss not to have the exchanged advice etc available in a searchable database so others can access it at anytime.
I do not mean to sound so dissuasive - the subject comes up a few times a year and the merits and drawbacks have been laid out - and of course can be again.
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Yeah, IRC can definitely be full of jerks and weird malicious stuff so it wouldn't be great for people who aren't computer-savvy. I'm not going to stage a rebellion or anything on you and I see where you're coming from on it. There are bots that save things in a database though. It is a possibility to archive the logs and make them searchable but it wold be a buttload of work to do.
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Originally Posted by mousch
Yeah, IRC can definitely be full of jerks and weird malicious stuff so it wouldn't be great for people who aren't computer-savvy. I'm not going to stage a rebellion or anything on you and I see where you're coming from on it. There are bots that save things in a database though. It is a possibility to archive the logs and make them searchable but it wold be a buttload of work to do.
Appreciate your understanding! We DO try to do as much as we can to make available those things folks suggest - and never blindly strike ideas down or anything of that sort. Staff is all-volunteer (shhh if they find out they arent getting paid we're screwed!) and the site is not for profit (any ad /store revenue goes right back into hosting - and when we can we bump so we can offer more gallery space etc). I think in the end though as a community effort the info generated and shared here is priceless - i know personally speaking there are few days that pass that I don't learn something new from you folks - and there is definitely a sense of a knit community here that makes every effort worthwhile.
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I love being able to search for topics and talk to people here, I just don't want to talk TOO much and be seen as a post-hog or something. That's my main reason for liking chat really :)
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Staff is all-volunteer (shhh if they find out they arent getting paid we're screwed!)
WHAT! :O Hey!!! You said the check was in the mail. :evileye: And here I thought I was gonna be raking in the big bucks. :giggle:
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Originally Posted by tigerlily
WHAT! :O Hey!!! You said the check was in the mail. :evileye: And here I thought I was gonna be raking in the big bucks. :giggle:
When I find the big bucks we should all be raking in, I will let you know hun! Till then, will ya settle for a twinkie??? How about a scoobysnack? :P
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Originally Posted by Jeanne
When I find the big bucks we should all be raking in, I will let you know hun! Till then, will ya settle for a twinkie??? How about a scoobysnack? :P
Mudslides work for me. :D
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Mudslides work for me. :D
Ohh! Now girl, I can definately hang with that! Yummmyyyyy, mudslides are the bomb.
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Mudslides work for me. :D
Well then lets just say I am judiciously investing in them for you and keeping them safe in mah belly! ;)
