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Discussions about AChat => Share your creative ideas => Topic started by: bazzamac on September 23, 2010, 12:01:48 PM
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Hi fellow Achatters. I've not had time to thoroughly read all the topics so my apologies if there is a simular post.
I have been a member now for about 2 months and i find Achat great fun. Recently a "General chat" feature was added but then removed, though i believe it is being restored at a later date.
After participating in the general chat i found it was good fun and great way to interact, though there are some people on general chat who use it completely different to me. (ie advertising for sex etc.)
I completely understand that everyone is different and use this site in many different ways and it is everyones right to do so (though no one has the right to abuse!)
I also believe many users get fed up with chatters who are abusive (sexual or otherwise) so i thought of a suggestion that maybe the administers could give us the option of using different rooms for different discussions which are suitable for the user. Maybe the user can even create his/her own room which is common to a lot of chat sites.
So then for example we could have english,spannish,french room etc. which will solve the language problems. or a clean chat room, joke room...and so on etc.. there can even be a room where people who are incapable of using vocabulary can just ask people to f**k so then they can find their perfect partner without offending anyone! (sorry, had to put that in! lol)
Well i hope maybe it could be possible to do this and please leave comments (in favour or against) and any other suggestions regarding chat rooms that you have. Thanks for your time and sorry to drag on..
Bazzamac x
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Your fine Bazzamac, and welcome. As far as your idea, it already had strong support even before general chat had been implemented (back when we just wanted an open chat channel option). I was one of those who supported it. They could give options like rooms by language, orientation, you name it. Though in those early discussions it was thought they wouldn't get TOO specialized because the whole idea was to get people talking to each other.
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You could notice, that we had 4 rooms in the public chat.
And 3 of them were practically empty the whole time....
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Agreed, but "Romantic Love" is nebulous while "German Chat" points to a very specific crowd.
And "Nasty Bitches" *I* respond poorly to being called a bitch.
A more effective idea may be user created rooms, because then you KNOW someone would be interested since they bothered to make the room in the first place.
Not to mention that empty channels could be closed down.
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I think "Naughty Girls" would have worked better.
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Thanks for your replies..
Tom...I'm fairly new so i don't think the chat rooms were here when i joined about 2 months ago. Maybe there were less members at that time? I agree with Janine's comment about user created rooms because people will find suitable rooms for their needs. As in real life users here form groups of friends so it would be nice to chat with groups of friends and i'm sure it will be popular. (plus i agree with janine's reasons). I am a memeber of a chat site which has user created rooms and it is very popular and always growing. Not sure if you have tried it this way before but if not maybe it is worth a trial. I know you work hard making this site fun and enjoyable and you do a great job. Thanks.. Bazzamac.
Janine... It seems you already had the same idea before me and i fully support your idea for user created rooms for the exact reasons you mentioned. Thanks.. Bazzamac
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I think "Naughty Girls" would have worked better.
LOL..you get the idea Adera
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the multiple chat rooms were kind of hidden, not really but i can see a number of people just completely overlooking them because of their placement.
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Unhealer makes a very good point. It could be argued it wasn't there long enough for people to realize those other three channels were there. They could have just seen General Chat and On/Off.
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I think the ones seeking partners and such had better success rate in the General Chat because everyone where there. I also think that the ones chatting didn't bother to move themselves to another room as it would be to much trouble and there they could't laugh at the ones advertising themselves like machines on repeat.
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I am of the opinion it was an experiment that was cut way too short. Tom you should have let it ride longer, see if the channels would have settled out with better usage. General chat was a fantastic idea, the only improvement might have been as noted to offer regional or language specific channels,
I would definitely rename "Naughty bitches" though,..too many would think of it as insulting.
Would be nice to see the user created chat room as Janine suggested,...and I have mentioned before, perhaps as an avatar room,...a hot tub let's say for general chat.
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I guess that would be a pool sized hot tub then :D
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Janine's pool party,... ;D
What ever happened to that thread?
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Good response from everyone :)
WoW! A hot tub in Achat! how unique!! ::)
Was there really a room called "naughty bitches?" :o Not surprised it never worked if there was! lol
Another good reason for rooms is that it's a better way to introduce yourself to a group rather than 1 to 1 private message. In a room people can just watch the conversation and then join in when they like and you will know the person you are chatting to is available to chat. It's difficult to pm because the person doesn't know what you are like, especially as lots of women get harrassed and also you never know if that person is busy. I always try and add things when i 1st message, trying to relate to their status comments or any details i see. I even try role play introductions if i see they like RP but sometimes i think the receiver just thinks i'm a weirdo!! lol
But the problem is if no one responds i am never sure if it's because they just ignoor or if they are away at that time. So in a chat room you know they are there.
I definately think user created rooms is the best way. Maybe for example if i created a room i could have chat invitation where i can invite people to my room just for chat? simular to normal invite system but it's just for chat. If someone wants to join my room they can have a request option to join my room where i can accept. And also an option for a user to kick anyone out their room. This way the user can control their room and keep everyone happy.
Hope i'm not getting too far ahead of myself! lol
Bazzamac
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It died from lack of interest. :'(
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I think Unhealer and Bear have a good point that it was hidden and not given time to work. I've had a few people on here suggest to me about chat rooms which inspired my post. They also have friends wanting chat rooms, who also have friends..etc
I am sure it will work and already there has been positive responses on here and nothing negative..
Maybe we should get a petician and start a virtual peaceful protest! lol
what do you think Janine? :D
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A petition only works for those who are truly bound to people's opinions (like politicians) here they are obligated to our cash.
The fact that Tom has been showing up with this issue shows they are watching. So I think that our posts here are on the right track. What you may want to do is encourage people to come here and add their voices to the requests for chat, especially premium members since they are putting up the cash.
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An influx of new bodies here posting their desires certainly helps. I feel confident if a wave of new posters calling for the general chat return would be acknowledged. Just the same it's nice and refreshing to see some new faces in here posting.
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Give them some time; they gave us a general chat (and two more rooms) and noticed, it's not perfect. Now they are revising it. That's the right way! If you see, something you are doing or have done is not working well, make it better. Don't just say "I did it. Now you have to be happy."
Give them some time! And I agree with Bear; the more friends of AChat are telling their wishes and ideas, the more influence it will take to the A-Team.
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yeah Lover, i agree...
I'm sure the admins here arealways looking to improve the site and it needs time (can't be done overnight) and if lots of interest is shown i'm sure they will improve and try again.
In response to Janine.. maybe premium users could buy their room for a small fee. I'd prefer to buy a room compared to a strapon scene! lol
Maybe this way everyone will benefit and Achat can get some more cash this way.
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I agree with most of the posts that are in this thread. I do want to add a comment. And that is how the moderators communicate to the players. Without "warning" they opened general chat and then closed it again. Just leaving a message that all messages would be personal from that time on. I'm happy if they closed general chat to improve it and I trust they will. They can't deny the requests for a different way of communicating then just pm.
I would stress the moderators to put a bit more effort in delivering the message. I have learned there are a lot of smart, intelligent and nice people on the site and I feel that if the moderaros would explain more, it would be a lot easier for us to understand and accept. I really liked mingling with everyone in general chat, made a few friendsand had a lot of laughs. I hope they will do their best and coe up with an improved version soon
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I hate to say this, but I think I'm starting to get why they may not communicate here anymore. They could come on, state their reasons, and then have people sit and debate them. While healthy debate IS a wonderful thing it could, and most likely would degenerate into having all of us looking over their shoulders screaming "No, no, no! Do it that way!"
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No doubt, Janine,..there is no beta site,...and this strikes me as the first major change I have seen introduced and retracted. However I think they understand that it was received with raves for the most part and we will see it return with refinements.. Nice that you could just switch it off it you didn't like it.
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The sad thing is that I hadn't personally had a chance to use it, but I'll wait patiently for it's return. The fact that they made it in the first place is comforting to me because it shows continuing commitment to developing their product beyond simply adding positions.
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As we are talking bout the A-Team, there is one big difference. We are mixing several wishes to one murky soup.
Do we want
- more informations (relases), like they did in the boards "Client upgrades" and "Newly added features..." ?
- to discuss about existing possibilities, to exchange, to help ourselves and to give ideas for improvements?
- to get (more) influence to the developments?
If we are talking about influence I agree Janine - we will get a debate with 1000s different opinions.