The shoutbox

[Lkr]

uhh the point of the shoutbox is to have a conversation with members. not to spam. The shoutbox appears to matter to our members, but they do not like it being spammed. And swearing is a negative, that draws away members.

[Pilot_51]

I believe the original purpose of a shoutbox was for stuff like comments about the site it's on and not for conversations.

Here look at this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoutbox
There's a few lines that grab my attention though, some stuff that our shoutbox can't do that it should be able to do that I actually suggested a couple weeks ago.

Older posts are often deleted after a certain number of messages have been written in order to preserve space on the server.

Shoutboxes are usually maintained in a manner similar to that of more complex boards, with moderators that can delete posts and ban usernames or IP addresses. Occasionally, features such as impostor identification, flood control, and profanity filters may be included.

I suggested automatically deleting after about 20 posts, mostly because I seem to be the one person most concerned about the database and server speed. I also suggested flood control of the simple type such as allowing only one post every 10 sec for any one person, another reason for that was to pull some attention from the shoutbox and back into forums. It also turns out we don't have very good if any IP address/impostor detection.

[jjgamepro17]

Dude if those rules come into effect, then im leaving.

[Lkr]

then leave. a shoutbox isn't for your spam.

[jjgamepro17]

Okay you dont want spam in the forums...So you also prevent it in the shoutbox.....Thats stupid...

[Pilot_51]

Use flashchat if you want to spam.

[jjgamepro17]

Psh, who uses flash chat?

[Pilot_51]

If you go in there right now there would be you and some other guy. Why do you need people to see your pointless spam? Are you trying to get attention by annoying everyone?

[Sepharite]

The question is, JJ, why would you even want to spam (despite claiming that you'd stop?)

Weirdo.

And the shoutbox is for making annoucements, quick conversations, not -- "everything" you typed >_>

[jjgamepro17]

Fine, no spam...But swearing should be allowed.