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Nikkekoivisto
Posts: 602 - Karma: 1,233
Just like in facebook. You could talk with your friends without having to wait one day for answer, instead you would get them instantly and a pop up box would appear somewhere and you could reply etc...
Is it hard to make, or is there some reason why we dont have it? it sounds super fun to me..
Sep 22 2012 3:36PM
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corona
Posts: 12826 - Karma: 33,060
just go on facebook if you want to talk to your friends like you're on facebook
Sep 23 2012 1:44AM
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maximiliaan
Posts: 7711 - Karma: 2,857
boom
Sep 23 2012 6:38AM
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I_Am_Mod
Posts: 13214 - Karma: 3,753
i agree with OP, it could have some potential ...
Sep 23 2012 10:38AM
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-ShredTheGnar-
Posts: 2038 - Karma: 111
Or even just an integrated chat with private chat ability like flashchat..

Don;t know how much it would be to have as a feature. but a music website/forum like this with less members has it.
Sep 23 2012 10:56AM
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Fun_dip
Posts: 2623 - Karma: 913
potential overload of stupid kids messaging everyone.
If you could limit to who you allowed to message you it'd be fine, but then it's be facebook.
Sep 23 2012 8:38PM
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NotGhood
Posts: 2809 - Karma: 1,255
my hipster douchebag friends don't have facebook :(
Sep 23 2012 9:18PM
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TACO-DOG.exe
Posts: 11989 - Karma: 12,266
it would be handy as fuck in b/s/t.
Sep 23 2012 10:21PM
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Mr.Bishop
Posts: 22723 - Karma: 76,799
TBH we've looked at lots of solutions for this. We started by making our own cult chat system, but the performance / adoption of that has been mediocre at best.

Integrating 3rd party stuff (as far as we've found) has been pretty mediocre at best.

So you can note that we're looking at solutions for this, but we have not found anything we yet like, and there are other things we'd like to fix first.

Do note that it is on our list of things to look at.

Sep 25 2012 8:08AM
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I_Am_Mod
Posts: 13214 - Karma: 3,753
the thing with the cult chat thing is that nobody is ever checking it at the same time (or you'd have to find a lucky coincidence and have a live chat with someone ...


a community chatroom would be fun i think ...
like the NS tinychat but official ....
Sep 25 2012 11:11AM
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-ShredTheGnar-
Posts: 2038 - Karma: 111
I don't know the costs but for a 3rd party http://www.123flashchat.com/

It seems to be pretty reliable on the other site I use...
Sep 25 2012 12:29PM
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SSteezle
Posts: 9453 - Karma: 2,589
it actually would be, wouldn't mind seeing this happen
Sep 25 2012 6:39PM
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