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I’m on the fence. From what I’ve seen out of the corner of my eye, most of the time if anything of interest is discussed, people usually go make a thread about it so that it ISN’T lost. I can totally understand feeling like you’ve missed a lot (I have to miss it 99% of the time, this browser stopped letting me have access to the box to type in and I haven’t been able to fix it yet/don’t like going to the other one), but since the preview function is still on the fritz, you can post something and by the time you have, 3 other replies show up saying the same thing or pointing out things you want to comment on.
The on-going chat can be entertaining and veer off into non-ouat things too but I enjoy peeking over and seeing if there’s new stuff posted that people are excited about. It’s a nice way to point out new stuff without constantly refreshing like I normally do.
Wish I could join in on the chat more. I feel more distanced just posting in the threads, especially since I end up writing a book instead of having an actual discussion about something. (Writer’s curse, sorry guys!). I may try to pop in more on it but I think it’s a positive thing for now. Plus it gets some of the crazy hairbrained ideas out of the way that lead to some really interesting discoveries that I love reading about in the threads later on!
I imagine (when it’s working which it seems to be for everyone but me *sigh*) that it’s also a great way for people who are super excited about something to have a chance to fangirl/boy together for a minute rather than waiting on long responses and hoping people see the threads. It’s nice not feeling alone when something major happens or new pictures are out or a juicy spoiler you want to discuss.
Like I said, it sucks to miss everything that happens while you’re gone so I totally get the point, but I feel like every time I look over, somebody’s saying “go start a thread about that” or “hey guys I just started a thread here about this: (insert link)” so it’s the best of both worlds.
Mine tends to freeze up until I refresh but again, that’s just my browser being stupid even though it worked when the new forums first started (go figure). But what little I’ve been able to use it / glance over and read I’ve genuinely enjoyed it. Not every little fangirl squeel needs to be documented for posterity, making the threads go on and on and on making it harder to catch up. Right now it doesn’t seem like there’s an option to select a page to go to so you can only go back a page at a time and trust me, in long threads, you don’t want to have to go backwards that far.
Curious to see what others say since I haven’t been able to actively do much but read chat when I’m around but I know a dedicated group use it and they’ve come up with some awesome stuff they’ve then posted about so I imagine it’s fairly popular with those who spend a lot of time on this site (like myself – I would totally use it more if I didn’t have to switch browsers *throws something*).
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