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I knew that would come up!bookworm wrote:Why aren't we using the Chatroom?
Discord is better on mobile devices as well I think--which is probably maybe what most people are usually using? Plus then its like an app on the phone and not a URL you have to track down. Although I SUPPOSE you can save the address to the chat room. And there are probably mobile chat clients that save all that.A2Z wrote:I knew that would come up!bookworm wrote:Why aren't we using the Chatroom?![]()
Basically the reason I don't use it is because:
1. You can't see/read messages from when you weren't active.
2. I think it's kind of dated.
3. There aren't many people usually on it that are active.
Feel free to contradict me
You can come check it out instead of just talking about it!Monica Stone wrote:I'm just going to go with the flow. Whatever the majority of users decide, I'll go with it, whether it be discord or the ToO chats.
I'm not going to contradict since nothing you said is really incorrect, but I am going to counter.A2Z wrote:Basically the reason I don't use it is because:
1. You can't see/read messages from when you weren't active.
2. I think it's kind of dated.
3. There aren't many people usually on it that are active.
Feel free to contradict me
If you're using IRC on your phone by going to the URL and using the in-browser client you're definitely doing it wrong. Frequent mobile chatters should install an IRC app. See this thread for recommendations of the best options and details on how to configure them for the ToO Chatroom!The Top Crusader wrote:Discord is better on mobile devices as well I think--which is probably maybe what most people are usually using? Plus then its like an app on the phone and not a URL you have to track down.
It's not specific to Discord, I'd have the same objections to starting up any new additional platform. The concern is splintering the community, it doesn't matter where to. We already have established communication channels: the forum for primary community and the chatroom for just hanging out. There simply isn't a need to bring in something else that doesn't supply something that one of the things already in place doesn't provide. All it does is cause the community to get spread out even more. We've lost members to other forums over the years, depending on how long this outage lasts it will probably happen again now to an extent, a new chat system just creates one more place where some people will go to and others won't.A2Z wrote:It sounds like I may have started something that might not have been a good idea.But seriously, is it actually that bad of an idea?
The shutdown doesn't reflect anything on the actual forum, only that this particular installation is technologically outdated. But your general point is taken, no message boards are not as standard a messaging platform these days as they once were.Knight Fisher wrote:The fact of the matter is that as the incoming shutdown makes clear - ToO is a relic of a different era.