OldGreyEagle 5 Posted January 29, 2002 Share Posted January 29, 2002 I am sure you all have the experience of posting a message and due to the timing know another member has just posted something and soon will be reading your post (got that?) What would you guys think of a chat room? I have no idea what it would take from scouter.com to do this, but before I/we ask who would like to do that? Converse real time with sctmom, eisely, and the rest. Of course sctmom and eisely are under no pressure to say anything. Its just an idea. If you think our posts are interesting, can you imagine real time chat???? Link to post Share on other sites
sctmom 11 Posted January 29, 2002 Share Posted January 29, 2002 Some people can post from work but due to company restrictions / firewalls cannot enter into real live chats. Link to post Share on other sites
yarrow 10 Posted January 29, 2002 Share Posted January 29, 2002 I don't know if Scouter would add any but Yahoo has a scouting room and no one is ever or hardly ever in it. If a time were set up I am sure many could go there and chat say Thursdays at 9:00 EST. Thoughts? Link to post Share on other sites
OldGreyEagle 5 Posted January 29, 2002 Author Share Posted January 29, 2002 use a Yahoo chat room??? Why not, that would be knowing your resources and utilizing them, ... where have I heard that before? Link to post Share on other sites
yarrow 10 Posted January 29, 2002 Share Posted January 29, 2002 You suggested the idea........set a time. Link to post Share on other sites
jethehiker 10 Posted January 29, 2002 Share Posted January 29, 2002 if its between 6:30 PM and 11:00 PM EST count me in. Link to post Share on other sites
yarrow 10 Posted January 29, 2002 Share Posted January 29, 2002 This Yahoo chatroom is almost always completely empty. I think it is under recreation and then scouting. If it is ok with OGE how about Thursday 8:00 to 10:00pm EST. Link to post Share on other sites
OldGreyEagle 5 Posted January 29, 2002 Author Share Posted January 29, 2002 As luck would have it, thursday is our troop meeting night. That being said, you can start without me and I have a feeling we can hang out past 10:00, I think this is a great idea, Link to post Share on other sites
Chippewa29 13 Posted January 29, 2002 Share Posted January 29, 2002 In regards to the question of what would it take for scouter.com to put up a chat room: Chat room software is actually very high level and requires some extra connectivity that other software (like we are currently using) doesn't need. Also, with a chat room, it is totally unmoderated. Once something is said, it can't be edited out. If someone wanted to come on and cause trouble (as we've seen on this forum), not much could be done to stop it. I think using the Yahoo chat room (or a similar independent) would be the best idea. With their size and technical capabilities, it would be much easier for them to squash any potential problems. Link to post Share on other sites
jethehiker 10 Posted January 29, 2002 Share Posted January 29, 2002 I will say yes for now, but the way my schedule works its never a sure thing were I will be at any given time. Link to post Share on other sites
Rooster7 11 Posted January 29, 2002 Share Posted January 29, 2002 I am interested too, but alas (like others) Thursday night is our Troop meeting night. Sorry, I'll have to miss the fun Link to post Share on other sites
yarrow 10 Posted January 29, 2002 Share Posted January 29, 2002 Tuesdays are Boy Scouts and Mondays are Girl Scouts for me........How about Wednesday 8-10 then? Link to post Share on other sites
jethehiker 10 Posted January 29, 2002 Share Posted January 29, 2002 how about halftime on sunday Link to post Share on other sites
OldGreyEagle 5 Posted January 29, 2002 Author Share Posted January 29, 2002 how many AOL members are there on here, setting up a chat room there is easy Link to post Share on other sites
jethehiker 10 Posted January 29, 2002 Share Posted January 29, 2002 Sorry OGE dropped them for SPEED (Cable modem). Link to post Share on other sites
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