Due to complaints for and against moderation of the chatango chat rooms we now will be using two. Unmoderated and the moderated chat room, which will be embedded on the site. It is hoped that the main chat will be for our vistors with questions and site related topics ONLY! Please use other room for general bs'ing thank you!! Policy for the moderatred chat were taken from Jack Blood's radio show chat Any input on this is welcome. Chatroom 1 NO TROLLING. Trolls will be banned. Do not verbally abuse, attack, embarrass, or threaten anyone else in the chat room, no matter what they might say to you. Even though you can speak your mind, opinions, and chat about practically everything under the sun, we do ask that you respect the wishes of others in the chat. If you are asked to stop, by either a moderator or chatter, please stop. Being offensive will NEVER be tolerated. We love having you around, so please allow us to keep you. If things get ugly the chatroom will be closed down. You will see they refuse to use evidence and promote sensational info, provable as misinfo, or actions that can produce no official action. I have a thread about it and have just examined your chat, quite infested as far as I can discern. Comment by on October 23, 2010 at 2:50am Chat has it's place, but it seems to be for intense debate rather than considered discussion. I've not participated much in chat, but think that if a large group are trying to get on the same page and get their specific qeustions answered chat could be a great service. On the other hand considered discussion that has images in the body of the post can make points tied together much better than what is carried in the text of chat. After a discussion has been properly logically carried out it sits around an people read it, then decide the information seems worthy of futher inquiry where upon the chat becomes the tool because spontaneous inquiry might answer more questions than most people have ready, or ask questions they had not thought of. How is using rules from the jblood radio show going to help? Jackblood Forum I joined the jackblood. Social fears are so strong that when information is widely accepted, even though it is shown to be useless for intended purposes, other information rejected, will not be used. Not because it is illogical, but because people in social groupings, even on the web, are afraid to be seen entertaining the information. I was banned within 2 weeks. I was banned from there for posting evidence and demanding others do the same. Comment by on August 30, 2010 at 12:54am Citizen, no worries friend! What I've seen and observed from you has been nothing but pleasant and very friendly. You are a valued member. I believe the greatest issue with any chat is that something is lost, especially the connection we have on a human to human level. Text has no soul, at least to me it doesn't. Moreover, many feel they can act the fool or say anything without regard for others thoughts or feelings without any reprocussions. How easy that it is when done behind the comfort of their own computer. In the real world many arses would be kicked for the same behavior. Yes Citizen, with all good things.... I believe that we have all learned from our experiences in chatango and it's time to move on. Leaving ning and chatango is bittersweet but it's the beginning of another journey to finding ourselves as a site and truly making a leap into the unknown on our own. Comment by on August 29, 2010 at 11:46pm ah well, all good things come to an end, but it seems the miserable things go on and on and on... Comment by on August 10, 2010 at 10:03am Adam, for the moment, this post is moot. The people and moderators that were having issues have either left or dont use the shitango chat anymore. As for me, the thrill is gone, at least for now. Frankly its been an anti friendly vibe in there. I and most of the former regulars have been a part of a slow dumbing down of the chat, in fact general courtesy is gone for the most part. I guess a good suggestion would be to treat others as you would like to be treated. The two chat rooms solution was a miserable failure. It seems that two choices is one too many for most people. There is some good news... I have always maintained that I rather see the room die a slow death rather than see the ego driven drama in there each day. The moderated chat will remain where it is today- as it was in the beginning. This was done due to our missing people that come from search engines.
