Dance Chat...Would you participate?

Would you participate in a dance chat room?

  • Yes...that would be fun!

    Votes: 256 100.0%

  • Yes...but I don't think it would work.

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • No.

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    256
TemptressToo

TemptressToo

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I wish this place had a dance chat as well. That would be a lot of fun! Question is, do you think it would work? You have to have people willing and wanting to chat to even support such a thing. Anyway...here's a quick poll.
 
Hmm. Chat rooms can be fun, but they can also be annoying. Fun? When I'm in the mood, hanging out and talking about dance is just one of my favorite things to do. Annoying? When I'm just checking in and don't have time to chat, but people won't let go. I guess I'll give it a provisional yes. I'd be willing to try it.
 
Well it would be in addition to the message boards. If you didn't want to chat and just wanted to post a message. You could do so. That would eliminate the annoyance involved. :)
 
Yeah. Sounds like a good plan. Actually, if you'd asked me seven months ago whether I'd participate in message boards, I would have said no, and now, obviously, I'm hooked. :oops: :lol: So maybe a chat room is not such a bad idea. You never know. I might get hooked on that, too. :wink: :D
 
Ok, I just purchased talkdance.com
I can have the site up and running with a chat application within a couple of days. It will be a separate site this way.

I would appreciate it if someone could make a donation to help with the expense: http://www.dance-forums.com/donate.php
The domain itself only costs $8. It may cost a little for hosting as well, but not more than $5-$10/month unless it gets really popular.
 
One way we will use this is try to have a scheduled meeting about a specific subject say once per week. We will also cut and paste that conversation onto the Dance Forums as a permanent record for future reference. If possible, we may try to have some sort of "Ask and Expert" chat session.

Note: the domain will not be functional for a couple of days still, and probably a couple more days to get the chat application installed and running well.
 
Personally I'm not a fan of this idea for a couple of reasons. For one thing I think that scheduling will be difficult regarding our extensive multinational membership. Also, those who don't speak (i.e. type) english as a primary language will be disadvantaged in participating. The forums avoid such problems because they don't depend on real time interaction and response...

Just my thoughts.

I do, however, fully endorse this:
DanceMentor said:
We will also cut and paste that conversation onto the Dance Forums as a permanent record for future reference.
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DanceMentor said:
One way we will use this is try to have a scheduled meeting about a specific subject say once per week. We will also cut and paste that conversation onto the Dance Forums as a permanent record for future reference. If possible, we may try to have some sort of "Ask and Expert" chat session.

Note: the domain will not be functional for a couple of days still, and probably a couple more days to get the chat application installed and running well.
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This sounds like a great idea, DM. Perhaps I can get some folks (like my coaches LOL) who don't normally participate, to log in for an hour on a Saturday or Sunday evening to talk about something specific. That could be of great benefit. Cool idea. :D
 
Drawing from past experience, I've found that the best way to chat with others on a forum is to do so with chat programs like yahoo and aol-im. One idea is to have a chat time where most people can attend...it can be very hard with people from different countries, but I've attended chats like this before and it can be a lot of fun. Usually there is one hour in a week where just about everyone can get together, its not all that hard to do.

In this scenario, a group chat with one of your standard chat programs will work rather well. Its also nice to keep these informal...making it an official, regulated discussion by professionals could make it uncomfortable for many, including myself.

So, perhaps there could be a Swing chat...a Salsa chat...or just a general 'say hi' to everyone at DF kind of chat. I've seen very large online groups create a chat feature and many times it will fall into disuse or abuse.

Again, most members here who want to chat will post their info in their profile...but I know for most of us we don't have a lot of time to chat. But I think an informal group chat would be a fun thing to try...and then see how people are open to the idea afterwards.

Just my thoughts,

Best,

SG
 
Based on my conversation with the hosting company, I have a couple of things to add:
1) Chat applications are VERY resource intensive, so we can not just leave the chat running 24 hours per day.
2) Instead, we will schedule chats.
3) The chat session will copied and published as a permanent record

When we have a chat there will be a specific topic in mind. This topic could be general or specific, such as "swing" or "teachers only" or "interview with Joe Famous". Potentially, we could schedule open (all topics) chats as well.

I might add that by scheduling chats it will help us to have a successful chat. All too often I see sites where chats are available, but there are zero people chatting.

I'll let you know as things develop. It will surely be a couple of weeks.
 
Well what about having a Yahoo chat? That would be the easiest means of doing it. Also...it's free. You can just set up a chat room and notify the board to have at it.
 
OK, the domain is active: Dance Talk. I'll be starting to build a chat application over the next few days hopefully. Any votes for a time or topic for the first chat? (specify your time zone. I'm in Eastern Standard Time)
 
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