Gunnie

I think a chat room is a great idea, but may be a little premature for the site right now. I post on another site that has a chat room, and know firsthand that there really needs to be some sort of monitoring of the chat room, which would be almost impossible right now. A troll in the chat room could really hurt the site if not dealt with right away, and could scare off new members. A chat room is also sometimes used for immediate answers to fish emergency questions, and if the only people in the chat room are too new to give the right answers, they could give bad advice and it would reflect on the whole site. I think this site needs to grow a little more, and we seem to get new members everyday, so it won't take long!

Isabella

Gunnie, yes, indeed it makes sense. Maybe it's better to wait for now. Since you have personally seen what a chatroom on an aquatic website looks like, I can't possibly argue with you because I don't have the necessary experience. The least thing we want are disrespectful individuals in a chatroom as well as incorrect information provided to those who need advice immediately. I agree.

NanoAddict

trolls are scary aaaahhhhhhh theres one ohh wait never mind well anyway the possible chat room is cool as long as there is monitors so people dont go getting off the subject and taking it into pms and stuff

RoboDude

I agree, there are people out there that would harm you for fun. You always have to be on the safe side.

rob2uk

The other option, of course, is for us all to add each other to MSN and have group chats on there...

Isabella

That's a good idea

rob2uk

OK...

Not sure of the best way to do this... obviously not everyone will want to post their MSN address in a publicly-viewable forum.

Everyone could IM me their addresses and I can orchestrate something from there if you think that'd work

Isabella

Maybe it would be feasible for everyone to create a new screen name just for the purpose of using it for chats with FishLore members. I personally don't even have an MSN screen name, but an AOL and AIM screen names. AIM is free but I don't know if it's possible to have group chats on AIM. I hardly ever use AIM, but would be willing to do so if we all could chat together. Or perhaps I should get an MSN screen name. How does MSN work? Is it free too?

If it were to be a timed chat, I think the best time to chat would be the time range between which most FishLore members are online. I see most people on FishLore during evening hours (ET). Or maybe we could all agree on a specific private chatroom name, and whenever someone would like to chat, he or she could simply type the chatroom name and enter the chat to see if anyone is there. The chatroom would be at the place of our agreed choice, such as MSN for example.

rob2uk

The only problem with that is that users outside of the US can no longer use the MSN chatrooms, hence my suggestion that we use MSN.

MSN is free, you can download it from http://messenger.msn.com.

Follow the instructions on that site to set up an account if you don't already have one.

rob2uk

OK, I've created a new account so we can see if this'll work...

Add fishlore_chat@hotmail.com to your contacts, we'll take it from there

Isabella

I have also created an account on MSN. My MSN e-mail is available on my FishLore profile.

rob2uk

betta waita

any one no how to feed betta frys i got alive blood worms, no wat do i throw em in der or do i like do sumtin?

jim55379

It might be fun maybe ya can have both. but I kind of agree with Rob 2k that it might kill the forums. But somtimes it's easy to get lost in these forums and go back and see if anyone responded to your questions because by the time you get back your question may be on say page 4 but thay are already on page 9. I am still learning this site though.

Butterfly

betta waita if you post your question in the species specific forum you are more likely to get an answer to your question
Carol