Harry P. Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 Ok, when the chat room was down a few weeks ago some of you guys had an absolute fit! Several of you even said that the only reason you come here at all is for the chat room. Well, the chat room has been back up and running for a while now, and it's completely empty 99% of the time. Obviously there has been some sort of concerted and organized effort to stay out of the chat room. I almost never went in there, and I don't have any "chat room buddies" with the inside scoop. So my question is pretty simple: What's the story behind the chat room boycott? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Handley Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 Beats me, I've had people follow me in, but haven't been on the desktop at home much since it went back up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Most Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 The only reason I'm not in there as much now is, well, nobody else is in there as much now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDemon340 Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 well ill be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted October 16, 2011 Author Share Posted October 16, 2011 Harry, i don't know that i'd call it "organized and concerted" as much as the core group of us that were in the chatroom on a daily basis, just got tired of Gregg pulling the plug just to screw around. the last time, was well, the last time and "we" were done. it was fun while it lasted and there was some good times had in there by many people. while there was that core group there were also some others that it was nice to see drop in from time to time and shoot the breeze, whether that was about model cars or something entirely different. the damage is done however and i think everyone has moved on So if all of you chat room regulars have "moved on," there's not much point in keeping it open here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportandmiah Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 This has caught my attention as well. Everyone was up in arms about the lack of chat yet it's rarely used now. Doesn't make sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert81 Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 Harry did or did not every topic that mentioned the Chat room get locked and/or deleted? You think that people took that as a sign they aren't welcome? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted October 16, 2011 Author Share Posted October 16, 2011 Harry did or did not every topic that mentioned the Chat room get locked and/or deleted? You think that people took that as a sign they aren't welcome? A lot of those topics (and the chat room itself) got locked or deleted for a reason: some people were acting like jerks, disregarding the rules and basically causing problems, purposely. And unfortunately, those people screwed it up for everyone else (yes, unfairly so). But apparently Gregg has decided to give the chat room another chance. I suggest maybe you guys who like having a chat feature start to use it before it goes away again... for good. I don't have any opinion of it one way or another, but for you guys who like it... it's there for you now. Use it or lose it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted October 16, 2011 Author Share Posted October 16, 2011 Since the chat room seems to be a sore subject with some of you, I think I'll lock this before anything happens. Basically I was wondering about the chat room boycott, and Dave gave me the answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Ambrose Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 We haven't been pulling the plug to just to yank people's chains. We've been having intermittent server crashes for months. We had no way to isolate the cause without taking the chat room down. We've changed servers three times trying to make this site work well. Once we figured out what was going on, Gregg went to the expense of upgrading yet again to a larger server. I'm still trying to work out some better alternatives. Look, I know this hasn't been fun for anyone. Look at all my posts in On the Workbench and you'll see what I mean. We've got the problem solved now, and I'd appreciate it if you all would get back to the usual level of banter on chat. I was semi-regular there, and was thoroughly enjoying it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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