Chat threads

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We are going to start "retiring" threads in the _chat topic once they are over 30 days old.

What this means is that once they are 30 days old (since last contribution rather than since starting) you won't be able to add messages to them any more - they'll still be in the archive search, they just won't have the "add a message" box at the bottom, and they won't be in the thread lists under the topic. This list is at over 8500 entries currently and becoming useless.

If archive searching starts to slow down, we might start deleting chat threads from the board altogehter after a certain time. As the content of these threads tends to be chats (surprisingly enough) rather than requests for information, there's not a huge amount of point keeping them for future reference.

On the subject of chat, we are currently test-driving chatroom software with a view to putting a live chatroom up on the site - for them as wants.

If you think its going to be cliquey then we can have 20 different rooms, one for each little unit, and it can just be like mum's and tots with the little groups sat round the room! [happy sarcastic emoticon]

no don't do it, we're doomed, doomed I say

What worries me is not cliquyness in the chat rooms: I won't be in there - it's cliqueyness spilling over into the forum...

I don't recall anyone saying 'your argument is crap' =

Of course problems can occur - no-one is denying that - but IME you'll find no more problems on 'chatroom' that you'll find on the forums!

To echo ks, my fears about chat were proved true. (Although I do agree that the site had changed prior to its introduction - hence its introduction)

The level of debate has got much less intelligent a lot of the time - not that I think the "new" users are less intelligent, but the site has become more like a huge pub full of people rather than the lovely little civilised dinner party it used to be. It's also impossible to really get to know people as you used to be able to - all the mumsnetters I "know" off Mumsnet are pre-chat people or people from my May babies group, and I do think there are many others who I would realy like if given the chance to remember them.

But as I said - this is just my opinion, and whilst I would love J,c and R to take it into account, I don't think it's any more valid or valuable than anyone elses.

but the site has become more like a huge pub full of people rather than the lovely little civilised dinner party it used to be

You mean it used to be cliquey and now is open to everyone - oh what a shame

I'm rather offended by the suggestion that MN has changed for the worse since chat appeared and the user numbers increased!

I'm pretty new here, I came along way after the chat section appeared, sorry if I've invaded 'your' site! That's how I feel!
I'm sick to death of people saying that MN was better in 'the good old days' and 'it's getting worse here'

The site is becoming more sucsessful and evolving, get over it!

I'm inclined to agree with SS here - a lot of these posts do sound rather like that -

Perhaps we'd better stop any references to MN in the media incase we get any more people joiing us!

I'm one of the horrible stupid newbies who crashed the dinner party too.

SeaShells

I think you would have liked it in the 'good old days' too!

Oh - and the point of my analogy - Ithink a chatroom would amke Mumsnet a bit like the centre of Nottingham used to be - lots of big noisy pubs full of people - one for the goths, one for the rockers, another for the "townies" another for the uni geeks. And as I had friends in all those camps I had to buy a lot of different clothes and go outside a lot.

very happy with the no chat version of active convos - thanks very much mumsnet!

Does this new development mean it IS possible to have an ignore button?

prufrock lol

Starting to feel like I used to when I walked into mums and tots when the cliquey mums would glare and me and not talk. [goes to sulk in corner]

I actually joined MN because I had heard it would be a friendly welcoming place - I'm starting to wonder now.

I was thinking that aswell Enid, can we personalise it so that instead of 'no chat' I can have 'no bottlefeeding/breast feeding' option? Or no 'for sale' option?

EeEEEeeekk

Just realised: I'm on a chat thread , !

See, I knew I was weak: now I'm just trying to get my own clique!!

do you think carrie et al are watching this thinking "shall we, sharn't we, shall we, sharn't we?"

Lol @ Prufrock

You can be naked in chatroom and save yourself a fortune!

I would like a No 'For Sale' and, I am afraid, no 'Feeling Depressed'.

And no 'Pets'!!

aha gizmo, you watch now, the rot will set in . It's all down hill from here.

Gwenwick - re: your argument is crap - but that's what it feels like when we're constantly dismissed by "they have no experience of chatrooms", "they're swayed by media reports of pervs and trolls", "they're afraid of change" (not direct quotes - just how it came across in memory). It's very dismissive and, quite frankly, intensely patronising.

well G - perhaps we feel the same when we're getting the other side of the coin??? The 'but it'll change MN' it won't be like a dinner party anymore it'll be like a free for all!!!

It's a clique of one, I tell'ee. It's all for me, meeeeee!!!!

Are we having a bitch at each other because we're scared that chat will mean more bitching at each other here? Come on leave it this just takes the biscuit and to be honest I'm dissapointed at how you guys just 'start' on each other!