Shoutbox: yes or no?

[Omega6]

Discuss

[iggy_killer]

oui!

[CrazyBat]

oh yes.. so we can talk to the ones that are in the forum at the moment.

but of course.. rules must be followed

[Zarii]

of course ^^

[Speedy]

OMG! I don't want to be a killjoy or a villain but as I am writing this post, I'm thinking of voting a 'no.' Why? Because of the following reasons (more of worries):

1. If we add a shoutbox, there is a tendency that people might start ignoring the threads (esp those under The Lounge) thus the death of the forum;
2. Are there enough people willing to chat and keep it alive? As in do members have time to stay and keep the conversation going besides saying hi, hello, how are you & goodbye? I've seen a shoutbox in a forum bigger than us in terms of number of members but only 3-4 people "talked" in it and it looked like it died instantly;
2b. I could see myself doing a monologue. (Unless of course a lot of you are willing to stay and chat)
3. I feel (excuse me for being subjective) that the shoutbox will not be long term fun. It might even make us sick of each other after a while which I never want to happen;
4. I bet no one will dare vote a 'no' so just to have someone on the opposition's side, I say no.

As I end this, I'm slowly getting confused, changing my mind and feeling I should abstain because I do know it can be a lot of fun. I can't totally shake off my doubts though.

I'm confident the 'yes votes' would win anyway so I'm sticking to my 'no' vote. Sorry people, don't hate me. I love everybody and I do like to have a constant chat with you all but not in a shoutbox. EDIT: Maybe I do but I already voted so sorry.

[CrazyBat]

Good points Speedy

I don't hate you... how could anyone hate anyone here?

Hmm... I'm thinking that you're right.. I see now the disadvantages.

Now I'm not so sure anymore if it was a good suggestion.

Thanks for enlightening us

[Speedy]

I will 100% want a shoutbox if it will encourage more people to stay online.

I have a question to Omega though, will this cost you money? If it will, then I stick to my vote because we are yet uncertain of the outcome. If it's free then maybe we can give it a try. To me, unless at least 50% of the total members agrees (and commit themselves), it could be a waste of effort (and possibly money).

Let's see how many people will vote. Those who abstain mean they're not interested in having one.

[CrazyBat]

oh.. Omega..

if it will cost you money then I would like to change my vote to NO..

Because it would not be worth it.

[Omega6]

No, it won't cost any money...

I'll go ahead and get one prepared depending on what everybody decides...

[iggy_killer]

i think it will make people stay more often..cause usually when i come here i post once or twice and tahts it cause i have nothing else to post..so if we have a shoutbox i can stay a chat to the other people..and then if anything else comes up...ill go post

[CrazyBat]

ok.. then I keep my yes omega


To the other people who are members here.. please put your vote too.

Thanks

[Speedy]

amazingly, we have 6 votes out of 123 views.

WAAAAAAAAA!!!!

::runs away::

[Omega6]

Well, I think that this poll is going to go down like this. A 2/3 majority must be in favor of a shoutbox in order to get one. The catch is, it has to be 2/3 of the total member count of the board.

Feel free to claim that this is unfair...

[CrazyBat]

the others probably haven't seen this thread/poll yet... maybe in a week or so we'll have a vote of 2/3

[Speedy]

Uh, now 157 views. I don't believe only the 5 of us consumed those views. And have you not noticed that we have a ghost voter? Only 5 people talking but 6 voted.... hmm. Anyway, that doesn't matter as long as the members VOTE. Maybe we should add an "I don't care" button.

But omega, how about trimming it down to 51%?