Chao Island Facebook Group
Chao Island Facebook Group
Believe it or not, these forums are dying. We should start a facebook group and anybody can join it so we can discuss chao related topics, show off our chao, and just communicate with each other. 2 dead forums have facebook groups that are very active right now, those being Pride of Chucky and Critters Re-Hatched. I think this would help keep the chao community alive and growing.
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I don't know, Facebook doesn't sound like the best place to talk about Chao. I suggest that we should use Discord instead.
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Re: Chao Island Facebook Group
A closed group. Nobody can see unless they get accepted to join.Rufflikerex wrote:I don't know, Facebook doesn't sound like the best place to talk about Chao. I suggest that we should use Discord instead.
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I'm actually extremely active on discord, so I wouldn't mind a discord group. Could be fun!
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I think a Facebook group has been mentioned way back in the past, and I doubt I'm the first who will be worried for safety, and the struggle with exclusivity. Since both are huge issues for this community.
Most importantly is that we're fairly diversely aged on Chao Island, and I'm not sure we should bring all of these people together on Facebook. The reason for this is the personal nature of the information found on Facebook. For example, I have some people I've met on Chao Island also on Facebook. Most of them are people I've gotten to know very personally, or generally just trust. How we all use Facebook, though, is very different. I use mine almost how the site intends, where as others make more joke-like accounts. There's a varied amount of identity revealed when using Facebook, and like plenty of other safety measures, it likely isn't something we should break so easily.
There is also the issue of exclusivity. Because if we do this Closed Group approach, we'd need to agree to terms about how we confirm someone for the group. That easily runs a risk of either A. the people with the power to add new people to the group dropping interest, or B. seemingly random people being added to the group. We likely won't even easily be able to tell who is who for the longest time if we started this up, since displayed names will be different. Then we'd consider running a list of whose who, and if harsh grudges come up, we're back to the safety issue.
I admire the idea, but I don't think it is the best choice. Doing Facebook groups for your own personal friends on Chao Island is one thing, but inviting everyone to be friends risks turning otherwise online drama into drama that can interfere with one's personal life. So I'm not in favor of doing this.
Most importantly is that we're fairly diversely aged on Chao Island, and I'm not sure we should bring all of these people together on Facebook. The reason for this is the personal nature of the information found on Facebook. For example, I have some people I've met on Chao Island also on Facebook. Most of them are people I've gotten to know very personally, or generally just trust. How we all use Facebook, though, is very different. I use mine almost how the site intends, where as others make more joke-like accounts. There's a varied amount of identity revealed when using Facebook, and like plenty of other safety measures, it likely isn't something we should break so easily.
There is also the issue of exclusivity. Because if we do this Closed Group approach, we'd need to agree to terms about how we confirm someone for the group. That easily runs a risk of either A. the people with the power to add new people to the group dropping interest, or B. seemingly random people being added to the group. We likely won't even easily be able to tell who is who for the longest time if we started this up, since displayed names will be different. Then we'd consider running a list of whose who, and if harsh grudges come up, we're back to the safety issue.
I admire the idea, but I don't think it is the best choice. Doing Facebook groups for your own personal friends on Chao Island is one thing, but inviting everyone to be friends risks turning otherwise online drama into drama that can interfere with one's personal life. So I'm not in favor of doing this.
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Re: Chao Island Facebook Group
I can actually agree with that. I think this might not be such a great idea anymore, but maybe something else would work.
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- Lamby
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Re: Chao Island Facebook Group
um yeah, i don't know about something as paranoid as all that, but facebook isn't as practical as discord anyway
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Re: Chao Island Facebook Group
ZinK wrote:A closed group. Nobody can see unless they get accepted to join.Rufflikerex wrote:I don't know, Facebook doesn't sound like the best place to talk about Chao. I suggest that we should use Discord instead.
It would probably be better if we had two chao island discords, the closed one for only the staff members, and another one for all members of chao island to chat, discuss chao, have fun, etc. Of course under moderation though; until we get the Chat Box back (which would be a lot better than the original.)
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I agree! I think discord could make a suitable replacement for a chatbox, although it's offsite. I'm on discord practically all day now, so i'd happily participate in any CI discord server if made. :3
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- chaoadventures
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Re: Chao Island Facebook Group
Don't we already have a Discord? I think I remember Mooncow supporting its existence at one point too.
This thing should probably be put somewhere more open. As in, not buried under a bunch of newer topics.
This thing should probably be put somewhere more open. As in, not buried under a bunch of newer topics.
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That discord isn't official (it's not really moderated very well and can go off topic fast) but you can still join that one too. I just think an official public discord of chao island should exist until we have the chat box back.
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Re: Chao Island Facebook Group
Currently I have a discord in beta that will be released as soon as it gets approval from Mooncow himself, as well as enough of the mods joining in so I can get a decent staff going.