View Poll Results: Should we KEEP the shoutbox?

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Thread: Keep or Remove the "Shoutbox"?

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    tesco's Avatar woowoo
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    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.

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    peat moss's Avatar Software Farmer BT Rep: +15BT Rep +15BT Rep +15
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    Keep it some seem to enjoy it , I have nt had a problem with speed since it was added .

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    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.

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    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...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cheese View Post
    ... 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.
    Last edited by Virtualbody1234; 12-09-2006 at 08:55 AM.

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    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.


    yo

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    Quote Originally Posted by Skizo View Post
    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?

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    MCHeshPants420's Avatar Fake Shemp
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    Quote Originally Posted by Virtualbody1234 View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Cheese View Post
    ... 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.

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    Skiz's Avatar (_8(I)
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    Quote Originally Posted by MCHeshPants420 View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Skizo View Post
    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?
    Whoopsie.... I read the question wrong. I though it asked if it should be removed, so I voted 'No', not to remove it.



    yo

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    manker's Avatar effendi
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    Get rid of it.

    Shoutboxes are gay.
    I plan on beating him to death with his kids. I'll use them as a bludgeon on his face. -

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