Petition to preserve ATS Chat service

Wow, not had time to go through every post yet (panic reply) but please keep chat, it's so much better than the mutterbox which I don't personally use.

They are two different things and both valuable to the site. Without chat I might have stopped posting some time ago...

reply to post by Sauron


yea but like i said you can drive a mercedes or a smart car. both will get you there but why take the economic when you can ride in first class.

I've visited Chat today.

There seems an active community of ATS'ers in there discussing everything and anything. It seems a shame to close Chat down when regular users seem keen to retain it.

Keep the chat! I've met many good friends there. Just promote it more so others are aware that it exists, and all shall be nice and swell!

As one of the wylie old vets of the chatroom.
I say keep ATS chat going live and well!!!

Just my $.02 worth of opinion.

Please keep the chatrooms , been using the thing for like 5 years it would be missed.

It really would be a shame to see chat go, its one of the brighter points of my day when I get to work and there is nothing to do, keeps me from falling asleep in my chair, so for my sake (and that of my job :p ) keep chat around, and as people have said its technologically superior to the current incarnation of mutter.

Keep the chat please. It is really fun for the 5 or 6 people that are normally in there.
oh yeah
Doc tesla, get over it.

[edit on 15-3-2010 by zaiger]

THERES A CHAT!
save it.

double mint gum!
delete it.

[edit on 15-3-2010 by mryanbrown]

Im gonna have to go with the "Keep it" vote from the old school chatters. Even though i dont use it much anymore. Its like a fuzzy warm blanket. I know its there if i need it and i can pop in once and while and visit the same old faces and a bunch of new faces ...in realtime. Chats not like mutter IMO. Its kinda realtime, but not really.

.02¢ more for the keep chat runnin jar.

Silver

**edited for typo**

[edit on 15-3-2010 by S1LV3R4D0]

mutter rules!

but yeah I will vote to keep it so the happy chatter can chat happy

-Kyo

reply to post by Sauron


Am yet to read the entire thread, but as soon as I saw your comment, i had to post..

Mutter is ok for saying hi or giving quick links. Mutter is hard to follow if you are having an indepth conversation.
You can't see who is in mutter. Just today I was giving some hep to another ATSer in mutter, and I had to keep asking if this person was still with me and following my instructions and links.

Chat, on the other hand, allows for a greater amount of character posting. You can say far more in one block and not flood the window. You can see who is in the room and after recent events, a certain member saw just how much support of the ATS community was behind this person giving their support and words of strength and encouragement.

Chat has a superior quality over mutter. There are a few extra chat rooms that nobody ever seems to use. These could be gotten rid of or made available for private chats in some form (perhaps by using a password for certain memebers to gain access to in order to use as private chat room. ie, I want to talk to ATS member 'bloorp'...so i give them a password I make as I enter the private chat room, then they use that to enter the same room..nobody else can unless password is provided.)

There is even a link on ATS for everyone who uses Skype. This is a great tool for everyone to come together and chat, but it draws us away from ATS. Although it is a great tool to produce some cool podcasts, such as the MODs cast that is currently top of the pops in the podcast related section.

We have to take into account the amount of different methods of communication available to all.

I used to like mutter when it popped up a new thread had been posted. This seems to have been stopped. Shame. It was helpful to me, and others i feel.

Chat is a blessing in disguise for many on here. A U2U is ok if you are not in a rush, mutter is cool if you want to keep it short and sweet... Chat is fpor chat ..sometimes serious chat.. and long chat.. Chat gives us something that mutter doesn't.

Mutter is brilliant and innovative, yet lacks the 'old school' chat yard.

reply to post by patmac


I had a couple of interesting Chat sessions here at ATS . I hope they continue to offer this feature on the Website .

reply to post by Extralien


well worded EA i hope the mods take that into account, before just ripping it out.

VIVA LA CHAT ROOM!!!!

I have on occasions ventured into both mutter and chat. I must admit, i have had some in depth conversations in the chat area in comparison to mutter, but that does not mean i favor one more than the other. I am as neutral as a neutron bomb.

i think the chat is a good idea to keep around the only thing though is to have more special guest appearances so as to have it be more popular and also to give it a new look and feel its kinda outdated if you ask me

keep the chat.

there is no point in removing it.