Comments on: Opening Weekend at WP Chat

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Now Using TinyChat with Twitter Verification « WP Chat — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:46:40 +0000

[...] Opening Weekend at WP Chat [...]

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:39:43 +0000

Well, with the email address for example. Don’t you think it would be possible?

By: Conorp

Conorp — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 12:27:24 +0000

how would you go about validating someone though?

By: Adam W. Warner

Adam W. Warner — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:40:24 +0000

Hey Leland,

I’ve just learned of your new site from Jeffro’s post. It sounds like a great idea and I’m sorry I missed the inaugural chat:(

I like jeremy’s idea above or somehow providing both public and “verified” logins, but personally, it really doesn’t matter if I have to register…it’s worth it I’m guessing;)

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:50:12 +0000

Hi!

I’d like to make a suggestion regarding impersonators. Would there be a way for you to keep the chat public, and at the same time allow people to register if they want, and on your side “validate” some of the accounts. Thus you could make a difference between public users, and “verified” personalities for WordPress rockstars and regular users of the chat.

Don’t know if I am clear enough, but a different color for verified users and a small warning badge explaining the difference between verified users and public users could solve part of the issue, don’t you think?

By: Conorp

Conorp — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:24:51 +0000

“What is a good time for you? – I’d like to have one time per week where most people could gather in the chat at once. I’m thinking Friday at around 8 PM (EST) might work, but I understand this may not be so convenient people in different time zones.”

That works out to be about 3 am for us in Australia :p

By: Omar

Omar — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:36:56 +0000

Well i know a bit about this, and a server for about 100ppl is around 50-150$ depending somethings. I got a friend that knows about this but he only speaks spanish lol. Only hard part is setting them up then its cake.

By: Leland

Leland — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:58:06 +0000

Hey Omar, I think I fixed the comments problem, anyway…

I was thinking of setting up my own IRC server because if I used some big network like Freenode, a lot of nicknames would probably already be taken (pretty sure “Leland” is taken, for example) and it would be easier for me to verify identities and such.

Problem is I have little experience in setting up my own IRC server. I wonder if there are any web hosts that specialize in this sort of thing and could help out in setting up an IRC chat server?

Another concern about setting up my own server would be the cost involved. At the moment I host this site on a HostGator reseller account and the price is relatively low. I’d imagine a dedicated chat server would be pretty expensive for a site that really isn’t set up to be monetized at all.

By: Omar

Omar — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:46:47 +0000

I can’t believe i missed the big chat anyway lets start off with, i cant read the comments completly on ff3.5 because of the float on the avatars. And secondly if your thinking IRC you should setup a server your self so that way you can control the register of nicknames and channels. And this could be a great thing for the wp community offering diferent sites/blogs with there own secure chat room on a server dedicated to web design/developtment. Just my thought.

By: Leland

Leland — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:24:26 +0000

Hey Alex, I’m thinking the same thing. The weekly time is just a set time where everyone could get together, but the chat itself would remain open to anyone who wanted to use it for quick chats in the meantime.