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I think IMs are better for chatting than PMs.
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In my experience, PMS is never good for chatting ;)

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In my experience, PMS is never good for chatting ;)
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LMAO-you do know what PMS stands for? Putting up with Men's S**t.  ;)


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The cool thing about having a chat room here is you can log in with your current account name. If we used some different service, then it might get confusing. What if our user names are taken?

Hey Chucky, if you had one in the past, how much effort did it take to administer?

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the problems were different every time I tried it.. basically I could never find software I liked. Most of the packages I tried were notorious for crashing a lot, had poor admin control (I couldn't easily boot people off, or enforce password protected names, which is something you indicate you want)..

so yeah, it tended to be a headache, and on top of it, no one used to use it.. I'm sure that if I started one up again, there may be more interest in it, but I would need to research various packages before trying it again..

right now, I need to focus on a new project (you'll see details emerge in the next week or so).. hopefully this new project will help me obtain a new job as well, so this would have to wait even if I was willing to do it..

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Wouldn't it defeat the purpose of the forums to some degree because everyone would want to log into that and chat straight away with no need to post? Just asking. ;D
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I don't think so.. anything that people like to use is a plus for the website anyways..