> > > I vaguely remember bringing up the idea of a RinkWorks chat room a long, long, long, long time ago, but I don't remember what the general response was. So, what do you guys think of the idea?
> > >
> > > -Morris Cecil "Really hoping Sam and Dave OK this one" Glalet
> > > Thu 30 Sep A.D. 1999
> >
> > Yep I brought this up once, and maybe it was just because I brought it up but the response was pretty negative. Actually, I think Sam was toying with the idea but.......I don't know.
>
> and hey, if you really want to talk to us real-time, there's always aol instant messenger, which several of us do use and have talked to each other on..... very interesting.
>
> uni"have you carried out your end of the deal yet, byron?"peg

I guess it's my turn, this time - the idea of a RinkWorks chat room was proposed and dismissed for the following reasons: firstly, the threaded message forum serves just about every purpose that a chat room would, along with being less confusing. Secondly, the message forum can store back messages, so people can, for example, go back and reply to the first message much later. Not that *I'd* do that, of course ;-}. Thirdly, the message forum can allow multiple threads of conversation to develop from the same source; that's not really practical in a chat room. Fourthly, the level of conversation in a chat room tends to be a bit lower than the one we enjoy here in the forum. And there's always Instant Messenger, as has been mentioned - I've talked to several people over AIM; several of us have it.

If I've missed anything, I'm sure someone will leap at the chance to correct me. ;-}