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[Canadian anter]

I was thinking, what if we archived some of the things going on in the chat? In case there was something mportant in there such as a link that perhaps many people were looking for for an ID or some help that would be hard to provide because of regional issues?Or because a certain sp. needed specialized care?Ex.Most people here are from southern california so say...... someone from Laos wants info on harpognathos or a rarely kept inquiline sp? It would also help non-members get more information. So I think this would also let this community be less biased towards members.What do you say?

[drtrmiller]

I've brought this up with dspdrew before. I think he enjoys the fact that he's the only person with access to the chat logs.

One of the reasons I don't participate in chat any longer, is because all the effort of conversation amounts for very little. Granted, with some of the X-rated discussions that often take place in there, maybe that's reason alone not to archive them.

[Loops117]

I was asking of something similar. It would be nice to be able to navigate away from chat, and not miss anything

[Reacker]

Chat Topic Breakdown by Rough Percentage:

20% ant stuff

30% random things

50% discussions from dermy about his various scatological maladies

 

I don't think too much is being missed out on by not archiving the chat publicly. 

[dspdrew]

  If the chat was archived and made public, the same rules that apply on the forum would apply there. I think most would rather keep it the way it is.