people are so stupid though with the chat box.
anyone remember irc? who ever connected to an irc server and joined a few channels just to close the program five minutes later? you stay on, check back every now and then and maybe you'll catch someone online.
in 2007, any person who has used computers enough to find a messageboard, make an account there and start posting, should have sufficient tech knowledge to know that only a fucking sucker browses without tabs. open the chat in one tab, leave it there, browse the forum in another, check by the chat every now and then while you are browsing, and when you aren't gonna be on the boards anymore, THEN you can close the chat. that is, if you want to be in the chat, which i assume everyone does since everyone's bitching about low activity.
think about it.