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kooftspc11
04-29-2008, 10:29 AM
ive noticed that trackers with shoutboxes have more active communities...your thoughts please
mrnobody
04-29-2008, 11:05 AM
maybe

but i like IRC better :ras:
ajsi
04-29-2008, 11:25 AM
ye, irc is better
kooftspc11
04-29-2008, 11:26 AM
dont lie
colombianino
04-29-2008, 11:57 AM
irc is better, although some are active on shoutboxes...
the tracker can only be as active as the members that are part of it.
invite420
04-29-2008, 12:24 PM
Shoutbox way better than irc, but causes huge site load, i think
Daniel
04-29-2008, 12:58 PM
A shoutbox is more often than not only used to cater to unintelligent conversations that might as well happen in a normal chatroom. If I want to chat, then I open my irc client, if I want to write something with enough value to be preserved, I use the forum that is integrated in most trackers. Shoutboxes were initially used like a less formal guest book on static websites, that doesn't apply to most of today's websites anymore - so in my opinion they have outlived their usefulness.
sovaz
04-29-2008, 02:19 PM
I don't like shoutbox coz it causes unnecessary load on the tracker n it sincerely i find it ugly. IRC all the way.
dunson
04-29-2008, 03:26 PM
I think it is good to give a quick hello or announce something, welcome people to the site, etc. But I don't think it should be a chat room. I'm not a big fan of them and the trackers I really use, which have great communities, do not have a shoutbox.
etqwplaya
04-29-2008, 05:54 PM
BitMeTV has shoutbox and IRC is dead... Bad community but everything else is good.
sacebac
04-29-2008, 07:34 PM
I never like shoutbox.......good communitys is in IRC!!!!!!!
markupmaster
04-29-2008, 08:52 PM
IRC is much better..

Many more options...

:)
kooftspc11
04-29-2008, 08:53 PM
IRC is much better..

Many more options...

:)

dont lie :angry:
markupmaster
04-29-2008, 08:55 PM
Um,I'm not...

Sorry that you don't agree but that's my opinion and apparently a lot of others..
kooftspc11
04-29-2008, 08:57 PM
Um,I'm not...

Sorry that you don't agree but that's my opinion and apparently a lot of others..

i do agree. im just not in irc that often
markupmaster
04-29-2008, 09:05 PM
Ok,Sorry if I misunderstood...
1000possibleclaws
04-29-2008, 09:07 PM
the kraytracker shoutbox is definately good for community, but for larger tracker that aren't community based to begin with im not sure if it does much

its probably cause its shoutbox is for PU and above only