Update on Chat rooms - chatango public chats

Update on Chat rooms:

In addition to the member chat room, many of you may not be aware of our "open to all" public chatango chat rooms.

Due to complaints for and against moderation of the chatango chat rooms we now will be using two.

Unmoderated
http://12160org.chatango.com/

and

the moderated chat room, http://12160.chatango.com/

which will be embedded on the site.

It is hoped that the main chat will be for our vistors with questions and 12160.org site related topics ONLY!

Please use other room for general bs'ing thank you!!

Policy for the moderatred chat were taken from Jack Blood's radio show chat

Any input on this is welcome.

Chatroom

1) NO TROLLING. Trolls will be banned.

Do not verbally abuse, attack, embarrass, or threaten anyone else in the chat room, no matter what they might say to you.

2) Please, don’t spam or flood the room with repeated statements.

Even though you can speak your mind, opinions, and chat about practically everything under the sun, we do ask that you respect the wishes of others in the chat. If you are asked to stop, by either a
moderator or chatter, please stop. Being offensive will NEVER be tolerated. We love having you around, so please allow us to keep you.

If things get ugly the chatroom will be closed down.

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Comment by WTRH-AM-AE on August 6, 2010 at 9:40pm: So what does this mean if you cannot talk to your friends? We don't need all of this regulation, there is enough regulation on the web already, and I have to see about getting a VPN service soon for to unlock half of the internet I have been missing for a long time. I joined another social network and it's related to my personal health problem.

Comment by truth on June 18, 2010 at 10:57am: True that Kim, but as an admin and moderator I hope we can be non emotional and lead by example in this regard.

Comment by truth on June 18, 2010 at 10:29am: Just a reminder to the members, moderators and regulars in the public chat:

New people to this chat and others that only frequent here occasionly should not be automaticly be labeled to be trolls or provacetuers.

I have received complaints as well as been a wittiness to this.
I know 90pct of the people that visit the public chat, You all may not!!

Please ask me before you point your finger or accuse them of this.

Potential new members have been run off, and it doesn't look good for us all.

Please Be Kind!!

Comment by Citizen X74 on June 7, 2010 at 5:19pm: nothing wrong with clear rules...

Comment by truth on May 31, 2010 at 3:02am: James , It is my impression that two rooms should have been used sooner. Where as I am quite aware I will never please everybody this solution seems best for all. However I still see the second room sitting idle, perhaps I will just ban the repeat offenders to there with risk of loosing them completely.

Its a fine line, many people are awesome to have for their post/ work on the site but seem to lack the social skills and common sense to use some control on chat.

This line of potentially loosing great contributors over thoughtless chatters is dance I dance everyday.

PS a link to our chat and or site are of course appreciated, but your participation on the site vs chatting is what we hope for.

Comment by truth on May 26, 2010 at 1:15pm: Here we go one more time, last link went dead for some reason. I also like to suggest we look out for new folks to the chat and welcome them!!