Board Thread:Site Discussions/@comment-3437898-20140925032507/@comment-1669199-20140927223530

Bill Cipher The Dream Demon wrote:

I would never come back if the chat was taken down. Plus, it's stupid that you want chat to be taken down.

And this wiki would be dead. No one likes a wiki with no chat.

I digress. I've met plenty of people here who're more partial to editing than socializing, and they still make appearances around here. Also, there are other ways to communicate with one another without a chat feature -- SNN in its infancy days got along just fine without it, and I have no reason to think we can't make reasonable accommodations even if the chat were removed.

Once again echoing a similar sentiment with Myself 123 in a previous message of his, I think what we should be doing is, rather than removing the chat feature entirely we should be looking into trying existing alternatives, because removing the chat at this point would be an extreme measure, something of an overreaction to a problem which, depending on the people involved, can theoretically be easily fixed if handled with careful planning.

Let's give my achievement badge idea a try, or another alternative if anyone has any to share.