[sldev] Question: Replacing current group chat with XMPP?

[Argent Stonecutter]

On 2008-09-10, at 11:24, David M Chess wrote:
> (And suggesting that SL residents just change their habits so that  
> they *aren't* listening for anything that anyone might say in an of  
> 25 group channels is a non-starter for me.  Seems like a perfectly  
> plausible way to use the system, it's the way that *I* want to use  
> the system, and I don't want to say that the users have to change  
> because we aren't smart enough to find a way to meet their  
> expectations.)

I think the assumption that most people are in 25 groups is probably  
wrong. The only reason I'm in 25 groups is because I'm in land groups  
for vendors.

I think the assumption that most groups people are in have active  
chat is probably wrong. None of those land groups have active chat.

In a typical several-hour session, I will get chat from maybe three  
or four groups. For all but a couple of my groups I would prefer that  
there not be a group chat at all, because almost the only time there  
is traffic on the group is when a group notice goes out, and I  
immediately quit that group's chat. The only reason I keep listening  
for chat is because sometimes the group owner sends a notice in group  
chat instead of a notice.

But while I would guess that maybe only a couple of percent of logged  
in residents would be in more than 3 or 4 active chat groups at once,  
we really need actual statistics from Linden Labs to see whose model  
is closer to reality.