Vote Now: Chat Room in Digital-Digest Forum...

[SMEG]

I think a chat room could be a good idea but with no stipulations on what people can talk about i think it should be open to subject that may be of intrest to any individual obviously there should be some rules in place to protect the young but as long as things are kept within the realms of decency it could be a chat room of variety and not just about what the forum deals with

[toomanycats]

Realms of decency are subjective. It should be adults only. Real time chat with the present rules might get someone in trouble (me) if "my realms of decency" differ from someone else's. In reality the people who moderate answer so quickly and accurately about technical issues that a chat room would probably branch off in to "off topic" and "general type" conversations which could get heated. It should be open to adults bearing in mind that "stuff happens".

[blutach]

And how do we know who is an adult? Ask him to show his face via webcam? I'm sorry, there is no workable way to ascertain that.

No, if a chatroom was sponsored by DD, and that's a big if, the normal, rules would need to apply, including *********** for bad language.

Regards

[toomanycats]

I agree with you Blutach, If it was a DD event it sould be a live version of DD. What I was referring to as far as "realms of decency" is the vagueness of that concept. If the rules of the forum applied it would take out the guesswork. Maybe a way around that would be having it open to people who have a certain amount of posts so you moderators could see the trends and nature of the parties involed. It would be impossible to check age and I sure would hate to scare anyone with a picture of my mug but there probably should be one of those "You are certifying you are at least so many years old" type things even if it was 13 years old, as in some kids websites.

[Kabuchan]

I don't think I like the idea of a DD chat room.

I like DD because of way the moderators keep order in the forum without a heavy stick. We can joke around a bit, pass time, and get some very useful help. Anytime I have asked for help, it has come almost immediately, so for me there is no need for a chat room.

In a chat room, everything would be real-time and there is greater possibility for “realms of decency” to be broken. I feel very comfortable letting my 10 yr old look at 99% of the posts in the forum, but I would never let him in a chat room even if it were sponsored by DD. I hear too many horror stories about them.

[toomanycats]

I didn't vote in the poll but I think Kabuchan is right. I know I posted how I thought it should be but I don't think it's necessary ( I sometimes project my self into situations, I don't mean to come off hypoctically) and given the way the "mods" here respond to all the questions it would seem unfair to ask more of there time. I wouldn't let my son use any chatroom anywhere. Given that we are talking about Video/Dvd's, general computing what would be the great hurry anyway? I've gotten help here so fast, there is now way I could have gotten that kind of service commercially. So for my 2 cent's worth, I vote don't bother, if in place I wouldn't probably use it anyway, no time.

[blutach]

I wouldn't let my son use any chatroom anywhere.

I feel very comfortable letting my 10 yr old look at 99% of the posts in the forum, but I would never let him in a chat room even if it were sponsored by DD.

100 x

And ditto.

Regards

[LT. Columbo]

you need one of these blooie?



in case anyone hasn't figured it out yet, there will be no chat room! (but please, discuss)

[blutach]

Chat here!

Regards

[locoeng]

Nevermind.

[a2j3]

Excellent Post u got there Lt. I agree Blu chat here. lmao.

[photo_angel2004]

yahoo! LMFAO