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Why doesn't BHW have a chat room?

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michaeladewale2010

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I am sure so many people might have asked about this. i think it would be a valuable resource for many. Unless there is some other reason why there isn't one
 
We got a lounge. If you are asking about that small chat box on top, that's not BHW thing.
 
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I just guess
Chatting in forums was never that good, it kills the process of making threads, making it more chat driven
 
wont happen. mods have enough work to do, moderating such thing would take a lot of time
 
To keep the mods sane.
 
with their big project BHW 2.0, and the lack of staff. don't think we will got a chat room
 
It's because it will make it a dating site.
 
Forums with chat rooms are not good, usually it kills the purpose of being a forum just my opinion.
 
Chatting will kill half of the group activity and makes most of the content one-time use only. So, there will repetition of content. For example, if Ahrefs reduces their trial to $4, then there will be a random guy posting it in chats for next few weeks. The spammers will love it and keep posting affiliate links & random stuff. This will be a burden for mods and 2-3 of them need to leave everything else and monitor chats.

So, basically it doesn't add any value to the forum, kills threads, reduces overall user engagement, increases workload for mods etc. BHW is meant for pros and we can't stay here chatting all day about movies, sports or memes like teenagers.
 
There used to be a IRC I think, what ever happened to that? :D
 
Don't really think it needs one, there's a lounge section for a reason!
 
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