Chat Option?

[avantman42]

My only reluctance is that chat is not permanent and therefore discussions which take place there would not enter our archive. Not a huge concern but there is the possibility of useful information only being shared between chat participants and then quickly forgotten.

If you could implement some sort of logging facility then that'd mitigate that issue, though if lurkers are attracted to the ephemeral nature of chat, then that might put them off.

[kato13]

If you could implement some sort of logging facility then that'd mitigate that issue, though if lurkers are attracted to the ephemeral nature of chat, then that might put them off.

Most of the chats run through a remote server. I would never have access to the text to log it. Some of them might have a user save option which could then be reposted, but that seems like a hassle.

[avantman42]

Most of the chats run through a remote server. I would never have access to the text to log it. Some of them might have a user save option which could then be reposted, but that seems like a hassle.

I haven't seen how chats on forums tend to work, but would it be possible to have a bot to do the logging Certainly that would be possible if the remote server is IRC.

[kato13]

Wow I have not thought about logging an IRC chat in over a decade. That is a possibility if that is the basis of the chat architecture. I'll take a look at what the easily integratable options are (since we want to keep a unified login).

[avantman42]

Wow I have not thought about logging an IRC chat in over a decade. That is a possibility if that is the basis of the chat architecture. I'll take a look at what the easily integratable options are (since we want to keep a unified login).

I still use IRC It may be possible to do something similar with other services, though.

[kato13]

I still use IRC It may be possible to do something similar with other services, though.

IRC is great. I remember the jump from unix talk to IRC. I used to trade files on IRC all the time. But I was an early adapter for ICQ and with so many things on the web, IRC went into my personal dustbin (just not enough time). I actually bailed on usenet last year (again due to time constraints), never thought that would happen.