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No to Chatroom

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flamesparrow · 09/03/2005 11:07

Vote here if you don't want a chatroom

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sallystrawberry · 09/03/2005 15:42

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tamum · 09/03/2005 15:40

Elliott, that was a really good point about bits of the community being locked away in different chatrooms. I too have learnt loads of tolerance from reading threads on here.

Snafu, nice chant

sallystrawberry · 09/03/2005 15:39

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snafu · 09/03/2005 15:37

Yes, of course I am lol

sallystrawberry · 09/03/2005 15:36

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snafu · 09/03/2005 15:35

The more I think about this the worse it seems

Divisive, cliquey, imagine all those threads that will be started the next day 'For those of us who were in chat last night' etc etc. Nonononononononono!

The whole point of MN for me is that I can log off for a few, er, minutes , and then come back and see what I've missed.

What do we want? No chat!
When do we want it? Neveeeeerrrrrrr!

sallystrawberry · 09/03/2005 15:32

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elliott · 09/03/2005 15:30

well I will say no too but I'm just a curmudgeon. Lots of the chat passes me by as I happily post tedium on 'what to feed my 15 month old' but then when things flare up I feel compelled to waste lots of time working out what on earth is going on. Actually on second thoughts maybe if there was a chatroom I woudln't even know about most of the rows etc so wouldn't waste my time...
Suppose the key thing is if it puts off the people who post advice and also have interesting views on the wider world - suspect actually we'd have more of a separating out of people using mn in different ways, which maybe would be ok.
Have to say this is the only site I find remotely user friendly though in terms of the layout of the talk section so please don't change that! I'd also hate it if different bits of the 'community' were all locked away in different chatrooms, as I'm another one who has learned immeasurably from the different perspectives here especially the special needs mums.
There, that was a clear and decisive opinion wasn't it?

suzywong · 09/03/2005 15:22

hello bundle!

bundle · 09/03/2005 15:21

No. (like your new name Enid)

Amberlilli · 09/03/2005 15:17

Please excuse my ignorance but can someone please explain what a chat room is and how it is different to normal posting.
Why is there such a heated debate about it.
Sorry for being thick!!

SeaShells · 09/03/2005 14:57

Daddycool will be really offended getting confused with Happydaddy!

HardcoreEnid · 09/03/2005 14:55

DaddyCool I meant HappyDaddy not you

tamum · 09/03/2005 14:52

No, absolutely not. So there.

Gwenick · 09/03/2005 14:28

and now we can't get you out hey WWW -

Skara · 09/03/2005 14:24

No thank you.

WideWebWitch · 09/03/2005 14:24

ha ha Gwenick, I said no to chat and then slunk in to a chat conversation one night under cover of darkness after it had been going a couple of months

GeorginaA · 09/03/2005 14:22

That's my issue Gwenwick - I would be seen in there. I know I find chatrooms/IRC things like that highly addictive. I think for me personally that a chat room would not be a good thing. How is that being hypocritical?

ks · 09/03/2005 14:20

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Nome · 09/03/2005 14:19

No thank you. But I would like an ignore option.

suzywong · 09/03/2005 14:18

we wouldn't go in there if you paid us....would we?

Gwenick · 09/03/2005 14:17

You do realise all you 'no's that you'll never live it down if you've been seen to say 'no' and we 'do' get a chatroom and you're seen in there

OldieMum · 09/03/2005 14:15

No

milge · 09/03/2005 14:14

thanks but no thanks

Catbert · 09/03/2005 14:13

oh no. Lurking around on here takes up enough of my time as it is...