[fishy]

PCWorld Chatline ,,,,,how does that sound friends,,we could chat about pcs,,general chat too:idea: lol lol,,,besides be a great place to hang out,, if that happens im hoping to be a member :D

[TheNameless]

I told you I don't speak Spanish.

[fishy]

very true nameless,, but there are some that are pleasant to chat too & smart too

[TheNameless]

I was being random. But ok?Yeah, I might be one of those people.

[fishy]

there alot of ppl who just need a place to hang out,, a place they can go,, and be themselves,,,with infomation on pcs to boot :wink: lol

[TheNameless]

You had me up until the part about information on pcs to boot... Maybe I'm a bit dense?

[fishy]

oh i think your wiser than u may let on lol lol

[TheNameless]

Are you my mother? XP

[fishy]

I cant think of another place to be than here Nameless,,, its helped me out alot & saved me alot of money too from the info . i got from here:wink:

[fishy]

no Nameless lol lol

[TheNameless]

Well, I hope I've helped out a bit. =)>-> <-<

[fishy]

good job #1 thx alot for all your help:D

[Cosmo]

I think that a PC World chat room is a decent idea. PC Wrold should get an irc server set up for it. Just a place to hang out, and get some help with problems people might have.

[fishy]

i like your smilys too lol lol,,,Cosmo

[phillypa800]

oh my...don't get me started on this topic. a chatroom? yeah right guys. i'm all for it with the exception of uncontrollable spamming. i stopped using yahoo and aol chatrooms a long time ago because of the very annoying pop-ups and spamming. i cannot STAND IT!!!but hey, if it does happen, i'll be onboard until the spamming is out of control...:rolleyes:

[Cosmo]

If PC World set up an irc server, then bots could control the room, and kick spammers and other trouble makers. I don't think we'd have any control in a yahoo or aol chatroom.

[phillypa800]

yeah what he said :unsure bots are annoying too. :x

[KellieCM]

The problem with a chatroom is simply moderation. Bots can do a lot, but bots can only do so much. It really does take someone sitting in the chat room to make sure that things are appropriate. And if it's on our site, it has to follow our community standards. It also needs to have an easy-to-use interface that can be put on our site. I'm not opposed to the idea, but I'm wondering what is accomplished with a chatroom that isn't accomplished with a message board. I'm also wondering what other ideas there are to accomplish the same thing -- for example, a place in Second Life to gather. I know that a lot of people don't use (or understand, or even like) Second Life, but theoretically at least, it serves the same purpose -- it's free, it's real time, it's chat -- only it is more visual and more cutting edge than an IRC room.Believe me, I spent many (MANY) years in IRC rooms... and it all feels very last century to me. Can we do any better?I'm excited that you want more ways to interact with each other, and I want to keep this conversation going to figure out what the best way to do that is, both from your perspective and from PC World's.

[Cosmo]

Irc is last century, that's what makes it so great. I still use irc, and I'll never let it go. Something like Second Life would be a problem with some users, who have dial-up or a low speed connection, or even a low end PC. Also, Second Life still doesn't like wireless routers, so anyone who uses one is out as well.

[mjd420nova]

There's one job I'd wish on no one. Unless you do it like TV, a thirty second delay, give the moderator a chance to push the big button before it gets on the screen. And even that would get you in trouble sometimes, ask Janet. Some chat rooms are okay, they will have their own set of groupies and hangouts, and then there'll be those who will lurk in the background waiting for something they see to turn the wrong way and they start flamin everyone. I'LL PASS. If I want my hair on fire I'll look at my cable bill or something.