Why no Shoutbox?

[Byron_Bay_Fan]

Some sites have a Shoutbox for comments that may not fit into a thread, it may save space/volume in this respect as well. Can even say things like Hi to a mate etc without interrupting a thread topic.

 

[Kul]

Can you link me to an example

 

[Sabre]

I believe we used to have one but it was very rarely used.

 

[Byron_Bay_Fan]

http://www.last.fm/group/Chess+Players/shoutbox

 

[Sabre]

Speaking of features for the forum what happened to being able to use the @ symbol to tag a user? I found that pretty useful.

 

[Milky]

Agree with all comments

 

[Kul]

Speaking of features for the forum what happened to being able to use the @ symbol to tag a user? I found that pretty useful.

It added a significant load on the server.
It's designed for smaller, less active boards; we have too many users and posts.