Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1526346-20170930150055

I need to vent. When I first went into Community Central's chat, I expected discussions on wiki content, technical issues, etc. What I found is mostly conversations that have nothing to do with writing and administering wikis. I ask questions in there about wiki content and administering a wiki, and they are ignored for the most part for fluff.

There are other places fluff conversations can go like Facebook, Twitter, or even wikis that are specific to the topics being discussed in CC's chat.

There are times where a full blown forum post may be a little much for whatever I want to discuss, which is why I would use chat. However, going to chat for a quick conversation about a small issue regarding something on a wiki is pointless.

Is it so hard to keep chat somewhere near the topic? I have no problem with chat being informal, but shouldn't the informality end when someone enters with a wiki related question? The informal conversation could start right back up again after the wiki related problem has been handled until the next wiki related problem appears.

I still go into chat and try to get wiki help and critiques on pages I wrote, but I know I will probably get no where in there. I can not seem to get people there interested in using complete sentences. I have a feeling it would be abandoned if the emoticons were taken away.

I am fairly frustrated with Community Central's chat right now. I will keep trying to steer conversations to more wiki related matters while I am in there. Maybe one day, that will be all that is discussed in chat.

Thank you for letting me vent. Lady Aleena (talk) 15:00, September 30, 2017 (UTC) 