Wouldn't a chat room on Bluray.com be cool? - Blu-ray Forum

MyBlu-rayBrotherEd · 03-26-2009, 11:24 PM

Well?

PH3AR · 03-26-2009, 11:25 PM

yea it would but i dont see it happening anytime soon

pacificvibes · 03-26-2009, 11:27 PM

There is, its called a forum

Sussudio · 03-26-2009, 11:29 PM

lots of members have brought this up before in feedback. the forum is a collective place to hold discussions, you can PM if you want to send someone a specific message or start a private conversation, and members have the option of including their Yahoo, AIM, etc accounts on their profiles so others can real time chat with them via those respective programs. I definitely think a real time chat room would be an interesting addition, but I don't see a need for it imo or foresee it happening anytime soon.

MyBlu-rayBrotherEd · 03-26-2009, 11:33 PM

Lame!

Marquoz · 03-26-2009, 11:39 PM

I think the idea of a chat room would be a very very very bad idea. I've been in chat rooms too many times.

McKellars · 03-26-2009, 11:43 PM

I don't like the idea.

Johnny Vinyl · 03-26-2009, 11:43 PM

I personally think a chatroom wouldn't work for a site like blu-ray.com for the simple reason that our discussions get very in-depth. This is not condusive to chat.

John

brettallica · 03-26-2009, 11:43 PM

As Sussudio deftly alluded, we already have the option to have our Yahoo/AIM/whatever screenname in our user profile. I think from there, if people wanted to congregate in a typical IM chat room, that would be fine/cool. PMs could be sent amongst interested parties and a chat room could form from that, through a typical IM service like AIM or MSN...

I personally don't see the advantage to having this hosted by Blu-ray.com if for no other reason than I could see a chat room quickly turning into a flamefest. Blu-ray.com has a standard to uphold befitting to the format it supports. I think that integrity would quickly be lost if we had chat room function. You'd see people join just for the purpose of wrecking shop in the chat room, and that would be lame.

jkwest · 03-26-2009, 11:44 PM

a/s/l?

Johnny Vinyl · 03-26-2009, 11:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jkwest

a/s/l?

John

brettallica · 03-26-2009, 11:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jkwest

a/s/l?

Ha! 30/M/NorCal

I said nay, we are but men. ROCK!

Sussudio · 03-26-2009, 11:48 PM

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Originally Posted by brettallica

I personally don't see the advantage to having this hosted by Blu-ray.com if for no other reason than I could see a chat room quickly turning into a flamefest. Blu-ray.com has a standard to uphold befitting to the format it supports. I think that integrity would quickly be lost if we had chat room function. You'd see people join just for the purpose of wrecking shop in the chat room, and that would be lame.

good call. plus i'm guessing it would be much more difficult for the mods to mod a chat room. people could basically type anything they wanted and someone would constantly have to be monitoring for insulting, rude, offensive, etc remarks if they didn't want it to get out of hand. i think the forum serves its purpose quite well.

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Originally Posted by jkwest

a/s/l?

...and jk with yet another reason we should not have a chat room

QwikSand · 03-26-2009, 11:48 PM

Last time it was brought up it was determined that this version of vbulletin can't do it and it'd be impossible to moderate.

jkwest · 03-27-2009, 12:09 AM

locked and unlocked....

have the mods considered upping to the newest version of vbulletin?! lots of cool features in the newer ones....

QwikSand · 03-27-2009, 12:13 AM

I don't know anything about this software but I think someone mentioned a while back that there are a lot of addon features used now and it can't be upgraded.

jkwest · 03-27-2009, 12:15 AM

ah..ok...I just posed the question down in the feedback area...

bageleaterkkjji · 03-27-2009, 12:17 AM

we already had one during the format war maybe you shoulda been here lol

QwikSand · 03-27-2009, 12:20 AM

I don't really know how it works but I know on a phpbb I used to run, all of the stuff I added was third-party written and was version specific and couldn't be plugged into the newer versions.

tommyboy81 · 03-27-2009, 12:20 AM

There's always that 1 person sometimes 2 that can't help but ruin it for everybody on those things.

The newer Vbulletins have those club chat rooms. Like I can make one for Blu-ray Kings and invite only those to chat. BUT! There public. So anybody can view them and somebody might get upset about something we say and report it. So I don't see it happening.

03-26-2009, 11:24 PM	#1
MyBlu-rayBrotherEd Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Billings, MT Home Theater Gallery:10 4K collection:132 Blu-ray collection:1057 DVD collection:1 Blu-ray reviews:13	Wouldn't a chat room on Bluray.com be cool? Well?

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03-26-2009, 11:25 PM	#2
PH3AR Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Jan 2009 Location:Dover, Pennsylvania PSN:WORKINtheCORNER Home Theater Gallery:9 Blu-ray collection:325 Blu-ray reviews:2	yea it would but i dont see it happening anytime soon

03-26-2009, 11:27 PM	#3
pacificvibes Tattoo King Member since:Apr 2008 Location:Irvine, CA PSN ID WinterShrinkage Home Theater Gallery:16 Blu-ray collection:51 Blu-ray reviews:3 Trading Score:8	There is, its called a forum

03-26-2009, 11:29 PM	#4
Sussudio Blu-ray Champion Member since:Sep 2008 Blu-ray collection:1 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:11	lots of members have brought this up before in feedback. the forum is a collective place to hold discussions, you can PM if you want to send someone a specific message or start a private conversation, and members have the option of including their Yahoo, AIM, etc accounts on their profiles so others can real time chat with them via those respective programs. I definitely think a real time chat room would be an interesting addition, but I don't see a need for it imo or foresee it happening anytime soon.

03-26-2009, 11:33 PM	#5
MyBlu-rayBrotherEd Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Billings, MT Home Theater Gallery:10 4K collection:132 Blu-ray collection:1057 DVD collection:1 Blu-ray reviews:13	Lame!

03-26-2009, 11:39 PM	#6
Marquoz Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jan 2008 Location:New Orleans Home Theater Gallery:4 Blu-ray collection:167 Trading Score:2	I think the idea of a chat room would be a very very very bad idea. I've been in chat rooms too many times.

03-26-2009, 11:43 PM	#7
McKellars Senior Member Member since:Nov 2008 Location:Detroit, Michigan Blu-ray collection:24	I don't like the idea.

03-26-2009, 11:43 PM	#8
Johnny Vinyl Moderator Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:Jul 2007 Location:At the crossroad of Analogue Dr & 2CH Ave Home Theater Gallery:19 Blu-ray collection:205 DVD collection:7 Blu-ray reviews:3 Trading Score:8	I personally think a chatroom wouldn't work for a site like blu-ray.com for the simple reason that our discussions get very in-depth. This is not condusive to chat. John

03-26-2009, 11:43 PM	#9
brettallica Blu-ray Samurai Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:Nov 2008 Location:Santa Cruz, California Home Theater Gallery:51 Blu-ray collection:79 Trading Score:6	As Sussudio deftly alluded, we already have the option to have our Yahoo/AIM/whatever screenname in our user profile. I think from there, if people wanted to congregate in a typical IM chat room, that would be fine/cool. PMs could be sent amongst interested parties and a chat room could form from that, through a typical IM service like AIM or MSN... I personally don't see the advantage to having this hosted by Blu-ray.com if for no other reason than I could see a chat room quickly turning into a flamefest. Blu-ray.com has a standard to uphold befitting to the format it supports. I think that integrity would quickly be lost if we had chat room function. You'd see people join just for the purpose of wrecking shop in the chat room, and that would be lame.

03-26-2009, 11:44 PM	#10
jkwest Off-Topic King Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Northern California PSN Id: jkwest5 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:20	a/s/l?

03-26-2009, 11:48 PM	#14
QwikSand Power Member Member since:Dec 2007 Trading Score:25	Last time it was brought up it was determined that this version of vbulletin can't do it and it'd be impossible to moderate.

03-27-2009, 12:09 AM	#15
jkwest Off-Topic King Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Northern California PSN Id: jkwest5 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:20	locked and unlocked.... have the mods considered upping to the newest version of vbulletin?! lots of cool features in the newer ones....

03-27-2009, 12:13 AM	#16
QwikSand Power Member Member since:Dec 2007 Trading Score:25	I don't know anything about this software but I think someone mentioned a while back that there are a lot of addon features used now and it can't be upgraded.

03-27-2009, 12:15 AM	#17
jkwest Off-Topic King Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Northern California PSN Id: jkwest5 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:20	ah..ok...I just posed the question down in the feedback area...

03-27-2009, 12:17 AM	#18
bageleaterkkjji Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Sep 2007 Location:in the garbage 4K collection:59 Blu-ray collection:322 Blu-ray reviews:3 Trading Score:4	we already had one during the format war maybe you shoulda been here lol

03-27-2009, 12:20 AM	#19
QwikSand Power Member Member since:Dec 2007 Trading Score:25	I don't really know how it works but I know on a phpbb I used to run, all of the stuff I added was third-party written and was version specific and couldn't be plugged into the newer versions.

03-27-2009, 12:20 AM	#20
tommyboy81 Blu-ray Count Member since:Oct 2007 Location:Savannah, GA Home Theater Gallery:17 Blu-ray collection:93 Blu-ray reviews:3 Trading Score:2	There's always that 1 person sometimes 2 that can't help but ruin it for everybody on those things. The newer Vbulletins have those club chat rooms. Like I can make one for Blu-ray Kings and invite only those to chat. BUT! There public. So anybody can view them and somebody might get upset about something we say and report it. So I don't see it happening.

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