Timeline for Where is the "take comment-war elsewhere" button?
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| Apr 22, 2013 at 20:42 | comment | added | voretaq7 Mod |
@Zoredache I'd like to be able to invite people into Serverfault chat <-- to me this means "The site chatroom", A/K/A The Comms Room.. I have no problem with the chat system being used to augment Q&A discussion, as long as it is used appropriately (by creating a room for the question-specific discussion, and ultimately merging the results of that discussion back into the question as edits or a detailed answer capable of standing on its own without the chat room as context)
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| Apr 22, 2013 at 19:43 | comment | added | Zoredache |
@voretaq7, The chat rule is *NOT* a place for live support is a rule in the Comms Room and a few other social channels. That rule is not network wide. Lots of people provide live support in the Programming and other channels. What is the point of the 'take this to chat' link if not to get support in chat? The chat system was put in place as a way to augment the Q&A, not simply as a social feature.
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| Apr 22, 2013 at 15:27 | comment | added | voretaq7 Mod | True - it's just important to observe that line -- extended Q&A/troubleshooting about a particular question should really go in a dedicated chatroom (and the results of that discussion obviously be edited into the question/answer as appropriate) | |
| Apr 22, 2013 at 15:19 | comment | added | Dan | @voretaq7 Although Chat isn't for live support, it's a great place to discuss grey area topics or chat generally | |
| Apr 22, 2013 at 15:18 | comment | added | voretaq7 Mod |
The reputation bar for chat is 20 (anywhere on the network if I recall correctly - the account you associate with chat needs 20 rep to talk). The flip side of this is chat is *NOT* a place for live support -- that being said, the comment system automatically offers people the opportunity to move an extended discussion into chat, and there's no reason you can't create a room and drop a link in the comments.
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| Apr 22, 2013 at 13:51 | history | answered | Dan | CC BY-SA 3.0 |