PEGYM Discord or chat room?

[DayoldMeat]

Wonder how many people would be interested in a PEGYM Discord channel just to handout talk and shoot the shit.

[Ujjayi]

Wonder how many people would be interested in a PEGYM Discord channel just to handout talk and shoot the shit.

Hey DOM,

I agree with what a member named "SomebodyElse" about online chat:

I've been moderator on a few forums with these chat options... They're fun, and they help the members get a bit of time to get a feel for one another and understand their senses of humor since chat real time, you see the context a little better.

The downside is posting tends to fall off on the forum at high times, and questions don't get answered because people are busy socializing.

Source: https://www.pegym.com/forums/gym/682...tml#post789992

We rather have the posting as priority than chatting.

[DayoldMeat]

Ahh thats a good point, was more interested in just the social aspect of it but yea I can see it being filled with "dude im X size" talk lmao

[Swimbarracuda]

I use Kik (instant messaging app) to talk with a couple of members about PE. We talk about routines and discuss methods and stuff. My username is Swimbarracuda. You can add me if you are interested.

[Big Al]

The problem with this idea has always been not enough interested members. If there are enough interested members we can definitely get a chat room set up.

[kickinthemebs]

As AL mentioned, this idea has been thrown around so many times over the past several years. I also agree with the earlier post that it may detract from forum posts then and detract from the community. If I remember correctly, chat options are a big drain on the speed and functionality of a site, as well, but Dangler would be the best person to answer that. I think there are a lot of different groups on the forum where you could chat with people and exchange numbers or whatever. There is also PMs too.

[jwellbeck]

I was thinking this exact same thing. From my perspective, being a light and novice user of this forum, I find the rate of transfer of information in open discussions to be very slow due to the nature of forums. Spending an hour a day I may get a few interactions which could be achieved in minutes on an instant messaging chat room. Don't get me wrong there is a treasure trove of information hidden within the threads on PEGym but if you don't find the information you're looking for then it can be slow to attain it through creating your own thread and waiting for responses. If impact on server resources is a concern then Discord could be used as DayoldMeat mentioned. Discord is free, painless to set up and is regarded as the go to / gold standard for chat room hosting.

[DayoldMeat]

I use Kik (instant messaging app) to talk with a couple of members about PE. We talk about routines and discuss methods and stuff. My username is Swimbarracuda. You can add me if you are interested.

Added my name same as on here Dayoldmeat

[Big Al]

What we attempted before were scheduled chats to see who'd participate. The turnouts were too low to support the creation of a chat room.

Now, if we could be a sizeable enough number to commit to a chat time then it would be worth reconsidering the chat room idea.