Keep or Remove the "Shoutbox"?

**tesco** · 12-09-2006, 12:39 AM

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.

**peat moss** · 12-09-2006, 01:33 AM

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

**Cheese** · 12-09-2006, 07:08 AM

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** · 12-09-2006, 07:23 AM

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** · 12-09-2006, 08:49 AM

Originally Posted by Cheese

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

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

https://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/vbsho...chive&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** · 12-09-2006, 09:08 AM

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** · 12-09-2006, 09:13 AM

Originally Posted by Skizo

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?

**MCHeshPants420** · 12-09-2006, 09:19 AM

Originally Posted by Virtualbody1234

Originally Posted by Cheese

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

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

https://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/vbsho...chive&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.

Remove it, it sucks at the moment.