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How to start a chat?
Anyone with 100 reputation can create a chat room.
Note: Anyone can view a chat room; 20 reputation is required to talk in chat
When should I create a new chat room?
When you find yourself wanting to ...
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When is it prudent to start a chat?
Short answer
Use chat when its facilities are more suitable for improving the quality of the Q & A.
Comments are (intentionally) very limited, and quickly become difficult to follow and work with ...
Paul WhiteMod
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Helping new users write good questions
Chit Chat
The main problem isn't one that a one on one chat can easily solve, given all the different time zones, languages, and time constraints placed on both participants.
We've all been there ...
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Helping new users write good questions
I don't think it's a bad idea, but I wouldn't be willing to participate in the one-on-one. The thing about DBA.se is that I'm usually helping out more than one person in the process of using this site,...
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Link to chat discussion gives 404 after undeleting the room
It looks like the room was automatically judged "not worth retaining" by the system:
Rooms will exist indefinitely, so long as there is at least one person actively talking in the room. A ...
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Chat and the SE toolbar
As suggested in chat by Shog9:
In the meantime, try Top Bar for Chat Rooms (stackapps)
Provides a fully functional top bar, including realtime notifications, easy chat server switching, ...
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Link to chat discussion gives 404 after undeleting the room
I tried to capture most of that content in a community wiki answer to the question, and I'm not sure the chat adds that much in this case.
On reflection, you're right: That chat doesn't add much ...
Paul WhiteMod
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Helping new users write good questions
This is a really nice, welcoming idea. I struggled with the mechanics of this app initially (still do TBH). I imagine I'm typical in that.
However. I have a full time job. And a family. And a life. I ...
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