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[coldblossom.livejournal.com]

Sorry to throw up two posts in such a short time, but I was thinking we should have a chat room on Election Day. I found a few sites that I think could work for us. I can start it, however I am AZ time and won't be able to start it until at least 7:45 EST after I get home from work. I am checking to see if any East Coasters would like to start it up earlier, or if not I'll plan to do it. You can name it whatever and set a password and post the info here as a "members only" post so we don't get any uninvited guests.

Good idea? Takers? Bueller?

Edit: I am updating the list of possible chat hosts. If you're thinking of starting the chat, please check these sites out.
https://chatstep.com/
http://www.chatzy.com/faq.htm
http://www.disposablechat.com/

There is also LJ Talk/Jabber, which is something that comes with LJ but everyone has to install a chat client (such as Trillian) to use it, and I'm not sure how setting up chatrooms would work.

Comments

[pat-t.livejournal.com]

I think that's a great idea

[kelincihutan.livejournal.com]

There's also Skype, for those who have it.

[gotsparkly.livejournal.com]

Skype works but I find that it slows down as it gets a lot of people involved. Also, not crazy about video chat.

[coldblossom.livejournal.com]

Yes, and I'm trying to avoid forcing people to download and install software, in the interests of keeping things as simple as possible.

[kelincihutan.livejournal.com]

You can text chat over Skype. I end up using it for that more often than anything else. But I have noticed it tends towards the bulky, which is not so great. And I totes get that some people may not want to download it. But it's a popular program for all that, and we may have all/most people on Skype already, so it's worth at least mentioning.

[kataoi.livejournal.com]

If there's more than a handful, Skype can get crazy. And the be-woops are enough to drive anyone mad. XD

[neemarita.livejournal.com]

I really like this idea!