You don't even have to invent anything or pay staff just create an IRC chat room that is accessible only from this website and bring back chat ... make a few trusted people ops or you could give out ops to game store owners who sell X amount of DD stuff.... anyway ...its a place for people to connect and play yes in the beginning chat will be full and annoying but dont mess with it it will calm down to normal. in the event it does get to full then split it up D&D lobby D&D looking or group D&D whatever.. but please please please bring back live chat where people can hang out.
No cost as its already invented using IRC, I suggest to not use "manpower" but volunteer. IRC chat rooms can actually be maintained and ran quite well using bots ... they can auto greet you when you enter the room they can ban people for cussing ... even using a 1 2 3 strike rule ... however my recommendation was to allow store owners known for high D&D sales to be the operators of the channel for example the top 200 stores ... they simply have control of the chat room. anyway its all free and all the programs are already written very easy put in a forum like this. cost cost would be "none" upkeep would be "none" benefit would be live chat and interaction with fans of D&D. its the same as a forum only instant
Cost isn't none, if there's any sort of official live chat component (whether IRC, Slack, Discord, a shoutbox embedded in the site, or anything else), it would need moderation resources from the D&D Beyond staff and possibly volunteer moderators as well to ensure it's kept up well. Additionally, it would take time/resources away from developing other areas of D&D Beyond. IRC would be a pretty big step backwards in terms of what people would expect from a live chat nowadays, it's a pain to use (all the web clients suck, and installing your own IRC client is a hassle) and it doesn't support "modern" features like interactive content. I'm saying this as someone who's been using IRC constantly for about 10 years now, it just doesn't compare to modern chat applications in terms of clean UI and extra features.
The forums already provide a decent enough chatting experience, although they are definitely still rough around the edges in numerous cases. I just don't personally see the point in prioritizing a live chat system over improving the forums or other aspects of the site.
Cost isn't none, if there's any sort of official live chat component (whether IRC, Slack, Discord, a shoutbox embedded in the site, or anything else), it would need moderation resources from the D&D Beyond staff and possibly volunteer moderators as well to ensure it's kept up well. Additionally, it would take time/resources away from developing other areas of D&D Beyond. IRC would be a pretty big step backwards in terms of what people would expect from a live chat nowadays, it's a pain to use (all the web clients suck, and installing your own IRC client is a hassle) and it doesn't support "modern" features like interactive content. I'm saying this as someone who's been using IRC constantly for about 10 years now, it just doesn't compare to modern chat applications in terms of clean UI and extra features.
The forums already provide a decent enough chatting experience, although they are definitely still rough around the edges in numerous cases. I just don't personally see the point in prioritizing a live chat system over improving the forums or other aspects of the site.
Although I personally prefer a chat room experience for these sort of things, as of now the forums work fine (especially since this is a newer site) and, as skizzerz has said, it'll be an extra cost, something that draws attention from what DnD Beyond is currently focused on (in my opinion) and honestly I doubt many people would actually use it.
I say people won't use it because a good amount of us are people who have school or jobs (or DnD) that eat up a large portion of our time and I doubt many would prioritize a chat that, as skizzerz pointed out," just doesn't compare to modern chat applications" .
Besides that, I'm sure that, if you really wanted to find a group to talk to (in a private discord or chatroom), you might be able to do so by creating a thread here or here.
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You don't even have to invent anything or pay staff just create an IRC chat room that is accessible only from this website and bring back chat ... make a few trusted people ops or you could give out ops to game store owners who sell X amount of DD stuff.... anyway ...its a place for people to connect and play yes in the beginning chat will be full and annoying but dont mess with it it will calm down to normal. in the event it does get to full then split it up D&D lobby D&D looking or group D&D whatever..
but please please please bring back live chat where people can hang out.
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Cost/Benefit Analysis. You'd have to make a solid case for why it's a sound investment of time, money, and manpower.
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No cost as its already invented using IRC, I suggest to not use "manpower" but volunteer. IRC chat rooms can actually be maintained and ran quite well using bots ... they can auto greet you when you enter the room they can ban people for cussing ... even using a 1 2 3 strike rule ... however my recommendation was to allow store owners known for high D&D sales to be the operators of the channel for example the top 200 stores ... they simply have control of the chat room. anyway its all free and all the programs are already written very easy put in a forum like this. cost cost would be "none" upkeep would be "none" benefit would be live chat and interaction with fans of D&D. its the same as a forum only instant
Cost isn't none, if there's any sort of official live chat component (whether IRC, Slack, Discord, a shoutbox embedded in the site, or anything else), it would need moderation resources from the D&D Beyond staff and possibly volunteer moderators as well to ensure it's kept up well. Additionally, it would take time/resources away from developing other areas of D&D Beyond. IRC would be a pretty big step backwards in terms of what people would expect from a live chat nowadays, it's a pain to use (all the web clients suck, and installing your own IRC client is a hassle) and it doesn't support "modern" features like interactive content. I'm saying this as someone who's been using IRC constantly for about 10 years now, it just doesn't compare to modern chat applications in terms of clean UI and extra features.
The forums already provide a decent enough chatting experience, although they are definitely still rough around the edges in numerous cases. I just don't personally see the point in prioritizing a live chat system over improving the forums or other aspects of the site.
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