Not really sure the logic and placement of this. Im newish but have observed something that literally makes no sense(at least from a logic PoV, im well aware of the real reasoning). Basically, skype chat is 'forbidden', xat chat is dead, and then theres the private little club of people who will have an exclusive chat. I understand the desperate need for control and the feeling of insecurity behind the people making the decision, but to ban the promotion of one superior chat service, for a xat chat that is dead, and one that only the little club of people who made the decision that no one else can get into seems flawed since there is obviously demand for audio/video chat.
Any intelligent implementer of any field of service would have found a replacement service that both served the A/V need while still had the ability for the little club of people to maintain those controls that are 'needed', and still have their separate chat to all reinforce eachothers insecurities reassure everyone that theyre right and everyone else is wrong.
All in all, communities run by people who dont understand people die off due to poor management - the simply lack of logic on this can only be described as...stupid. I used to be a community manager for a much more difficult community(think WoW types, not the mild joking you guys struggle to comprehend), and this is basically the worst way to run it. Communities thrive on communication.
