Keep or Remove the "Shoutbox"?

[tesco]

Should we keep or remove the shoutbox that's in the lounge?

Pros:
It's cool and people seem to like it
Cons:
It might be the reason the forum has been so slow lately, or maybe it's just because of all the guests. :idunno:

[peat moss]

Keep it some seem to enjoy it , I have nt had a problem with speed since it was added .

[Cheese]

Lose it, it's been gheying up my forum loading time since it was put on and only saves a small number of replies so is basically useless.

[RealitY]

If theres any possibility of the forum being affected then dump it for now.
Hadnt connected the two but noticed timeouts since its been up...

[Virtualbody1234]

... only saves a small number of replies so is basically useless.

It saves all shouts back to the beginning when rossco set it up:

http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/vbshout.php?do=archive&page=241




I haven't seen any slowdown that relates to the shoutbox.

I do see that the board has a very annoying stall at intermittent or random times but it's been like that since before the shoutbox.

[Skiz]

I voted no even though I don't like it and have it closed.

It doesn't hurt anything and probably cuts down on the spam.

[MCHeshPants420]

I voted no even though I don't like it and have it closed.

It doesn't hurt anything and probably cuts down on the spam.

So you voted to have it removed? :dabs:

[MCHeshPants420]

... only saves a small number of replies so is basically useless.

It saves all shouts back to the beginning when rossco set it up:

http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/vbshout.php?do=archive&page=241



He meant on the Shoutbox itself, he didn't realise that we had an archive of what was said in there. Though it seems a little fiddly to check to see what people were chatting about last night. :dabs:

Remove it, it sucks at the moment.

[Skiz]

I voted no even though I don't like it and have it closed.

It doesn't hurt anything and probably cuts down on the spam.

So you voted to have it removed? :dabs:

Whoopsie.... I read the question wrong. I though it asked if it should be removed, so I voted 'No', not to remove it.

:shuriken:

[manker]

Get rid of it.

Shoutboxes are gay.

[MagicNakor]

I haven't noticed the board being any slower since it was put in. Just the same random stalling VB's noticed, and that was before the shoutbox.

To be honest, I don't really care one way or the other if it stays. :P

:shuriken:

[100%]

it's a post killer

[General2k]

Ive never used it and probably never will.
Some people probably like them but personally i dont care for em.

[JPaul]

Ive never used it and probably never will.
Some people probably like them but personally i dont care for em.

What he said.

[S!X]

Id say get rid of it.

[GepperRankins]

keep it. i don't mind having it minimised

[Barbarossa]

I don't think it's the shoutbox that's slowing the forum down, I think it's the 2000+ Yahoo! Slurp Spiders, lurking about, or whatever the fuck they are.

What's that all about :blink:

[Barbarossa]

However, if it is the shoutbox that is slowing everything down, because it is damn slow at the moment, then it should go. :(

[Barbarossa]

shoutbox in a popup window? that'd be fun. Could it be done? :blink:

[Hairbautt]

I wondered why I got this message.
http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/3411/serverbusylz1.th.jpg (http://img243.imageshack.us/my.php?image=serverbusylz1.jpg)
I think the idea is cool just to say we have it, but really I'd never use it. ;)

[MagicNakor]

That's likely not related to the shoutbox. We've had those messages come up a lot before usually when the board was acting weird...like it is now....:ghostface

:shuriken:

[RealitY]

Spoke with tech couple days ago. They spent quite a bit of time resolving the slowdowns. Seems it was mostly DNS issues. Since they worked on it seems all is fine...

[TYPE R]

keep it

[slatetupelo]

Keep it, I usually use shotboxes for quick information and when I'm just bored.