2016-03-31 VCR BTS 2

Conversation started Mar 31, 2016 at 11:40.

Brian

Mar 31, 2016 11:40

@Mart (or anyone), what's the rep level where regular users gain the ability to summon people to chat, if any? Could we ask SO overlords to implement a privilege, say at 500 or 1000 rep, enabling summoning-to-chat? That might be one way to draw low-rep "HW" askers into chat, to draw the interaction off the main site?

(Ok, actually leaving now.)

skill patrol

@Brian There is no rep level for the ability to summon people to chat.

Sounds like a good question for Meta.

IͶΔ

@skillpatrol No

Because it would be a dupe of

Superpings allow moderators to ping any user on the site from the chatroom, even if they haven't been in the chat in the recent past. If the superpinged user doesn't have a chat account because he lacks the required 20 reputation it will be created. This allows moderators to invite new user to th...

skill patrol

@Brian The standard way to draw low-rep "HW" askers into chat is when the system creates a chatroom for discussions that go on for too long in the comment section of a question.

DeNiSkA

Mar 31, 2016 12:07

!!gun

hmm, no bot is alive :(

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Brian

Mar 31, 2016 14:18

@skillpatrol Mm. That's pretty messy and unreliable, though.

skill patrol

@Brian messy yes, but how is it unreliable?

Brian

I don't want to have to wait until the SE system decides the comment thread has gone on too long in order to be able to kick things over to chat.

See Monica Cellio's answer to the question @IͶΔ linked

When a promising new user is having trouble making his first post and the community wants to help, we should make it easier for them to do so. I've seen chat work really well for this, and discussion in comments is not a pattern we want to set with a newcomer's very first participation on the si...