Nate

Your question comes up very often. I can't speak for OCF but I like the forum set up for the very same reasons that Brian Hill has given on the board before
[quote]he second question is why don't we have a live chat room at OCF. This has been answered here many times before. These threads have valuable information in them. The vast majority of people that come to the OCF support forums are lurkers.... meaning that they do not post. Thousands of them, too shy or private to put themselves out there. But you can research past questions, answers, and ideas that go back years, and number almost 100,000, anytime that you want, to find the wisdom of others conversations. A chat room does not store the information discussed, and is immediately lost at the end of the conversation. No one can learn from that conversation - it is gone forever.[/quote]
If you use the search bar on the right hand side of the forum, and type in "chat room" (using quotes), the full thread is the second result. Your inquiry is now the first one. Please understand this is NOT a criticism of your suggestion in any way but a rapid response to your post. Actually I found it just as satisfying to type my miseries and fears and worries and thoughts at 3 am on the OCF forum and get responses later as any chat room experience I've had.
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