Jun 21 2009
Chat & Forums
I’ve been looking over scripts, trying to figure out if this web site would benefit from some form of chat system or at least a forum. I’ve noticed in the comments that old friends are finding one another through this web site, and I’d like to facilitate that if possible.
Unfortunately, all of the web chat scripts that I found suck. Majorly. But then, really, doesn’t web chat in general suck? There’s nothing quite as useful where chat is concerned as Internet Relay Chat. So, since I didn’t really think of this web site as a PTH in and of itself, we’ll skip the chat function for now. Unless somebody comes up with a great idea.
Forums are another story. I could easily put up a forum script so that people could leave messages and what-not. The only problem is that I don’t have the time to moderate a forum, and an un-moderated forum is out of the question. The last time I had a forum up I spent inordinate amounts of time every week just deleting the bogus registrations. Spammers love forums. So if we were to put up a forum, we’d definitely need moderators. Any volunteers?
I’d appreciate any input from people who have ideas about how best to use this web site. With a nod to the old PTH Group, I don’t really want this web site to become a clique unto itself. I want every person from any PTH chat room, chat channel or networking system to feel at home here. So… I’m open to suggestions.
2 responses so far
What about using IRC via one of the free services like http://www.starchat.net? You’d need to have a couple of folk who know IRC to mod, but it’s free and you could have scheduled times.
I would be willing to help moderate, but I see that there hasn’t been any recent postings. Maybe we should relight the fire.