Advanced Members Popular Post Dann Posted April 16, 2017 Advanced Members Popular Post Share Posted April 16, 2017 Hello Xat Users! I'm writing this post today because I would like to bring up the discussion of XAT potentially dying. I would like to make it clear that I am in no way trying to put down the work that is done by xat or it's affiliates but instead give constructive criticism. ABOUT ME:(you can skip if you don't care) I feel as if I should give a bit of detail on who I am, for those of you who don't know. My xat Username has gone by Dann, or Danns. I first started using xat around sept. of 2007, as an unregistered user. My first account was registered in 2008, and by sept of 2009 I had registered my forum account. I was a very active user on official chats, and throughout the years I climbed up the ranks on xat5, as well as reached member/moderator on trade during the early stages of my xat adventure. I was also staff on various official chats that either no longer exist or are tribute chats. I was first introduced to xat by a gaming forum that I followed (this piece of information will be important in throughout reading my post). There's a lot more about me.. but that should sum up a simple summary on me. So now that you know a little bit about myself, I can now move on to my point, but i would like to explain that this post is not to outline the fact of the declining amount of users/activity on xat but instead research and find new ways we can work as a community to better xat and help administrators bring back activity/users to xat. In the next few paragraphs I will be evaluating my run on XAT , And what made it great based off of MY personal experience. It may differ greatly for many people. WHY XAT? "why xat?" is a VERY important question. Why did that gaming forum(AND MANY MANY OTHERS) decide to use xat? Well as I speculate, the forums decided to use xat because of the ease of communication between people. Xat was the easiest way to communicate and it was pleasing to the eye! the RCF chats were clunky and had very limited customization, but not xat. Back in 2008 there was nothing like XAT. Xat allowed you to have an avatar, a background on a chat, had animated smileys! WOW... Although this may not seem like much today, there was NOTHING like it 10 years ago. Some of the major forums that were using xat back then include : Gaming forums/sites (Club Penguin fan forums being notably one of the great user attraction, and maybe 'til this day.) / Radio sites (online Radio was HUGE, and it still is a relatively big community) / Social sites (General forum/sites where people meet was also a big user attraction for xat, and FLIRT chat was doing great haha) POWERS Xat.com releasing powers on their chat was the GREATEST idea Xat had come up with (imo). Users were ecstatic,all of a sudden, there was a mass influx of users registering accounts. After the first few powers, and the awesome response to them, TRADE was born. These mark the turning point for xat.com. Before this, xat was just a chatting box. Now it has adapted to your personalized self. Ways to express who you are, anywhere from the nameglow you used, to the color of the smileys you were inclined to use. PEOPLE WERE CONTENT WITH NAMEGLOW AND 4 COLORS. This is something out of the ordinary, has xat really done this?! VOLUNTEERS Xat realizes that it is growing, so much that it can't handle the amount of inquiries coming in. Therefore VOLUNTEERS come into play. The Volunteering System was initially intended for normal users to help xat by volunteering their time and effort for NOTHING in return. All just because they were so a part of the community that they felt inclined to help users therefore allowing ADMINISTRATORS to focus on other more important things. This was not a rank, it did not mean you had special powers over other users. It just simply meant you volunteered your knowledge of xat to help users. (Almost the equivalent to what a contributor is today). FORUM The Forum allows users to have a place to centrally communicate. It allows for ways of contacting volunteers for assistance through forum. And general discussions are things every chat can generally discuss about. The community comes together because of the xat forum. People can even suggest new ideas to xat and potentially see them come to life. TICKET SYSTEM The ticket system introduced volunteers. Volunteers now had roles, and they were now organized to help users in these roles. More volunteers being introduced, with very different roles throughout, but they were ALL very knowledgeable. And all could help with general inquiries at all times.. Bet best of all, USERS now had a place where they can track and create help tickets. This system worked beautifully and Volunteers kept up answering hundreds of tickets. By 2012.... Xat was doing GREAT. A lot of people, a lot of activity, massive communication. You can meet any person from almost any part of the globe and everyone had a constant communication flow. So now you know what I BELIEVE made xat great. To sum it up: xat had great support for users, great community interaction, as well as fresh innovating ideas. This in turn, caused for great deal of activity and communication throughout xat. SO WHERE DID IT GO WRONG? Well, there is really no way to pin point where things went bad or WHY they started going bad. But I feel as if this wasn't ONE specific thing, but a combination of many things. And in my opinion, xat was losing its flare by 2012/2013. You wouldn't see this then as there was still a major amount of users on xat with great communication. But the ideas that xat was implementing at this point, in my opinion were not benefiting xats future. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE TODAY? Well, In my opinion, the ideas xat was previously introducing, were made to enhance xats overall USER BASE. Pretty much : "What can we do to bring in customers?" And these ideas turned out to be great and they brought in customers.. WOOHOO! who would of thought right? well...xat started focusing entirely too much on "weekly powers". IMO weekly powers was a bad idea from the start. as this leads users to meet an expectation from xat. At first it was speculation, users saw that they were releasing powers on a weekly basis but with no regime. Although, eventually it gradually went to being something that users expected. So xat is releasing powers on a weekly basis for almost 8 YEARS... xat administrators, as I am aware, are a small team of 2 maybe 3 people MAX. How does xat have the time to focus on its user base? HOW does xat say, lets make sure that we aren't only making money, but bringing in more users, so that we can keep making money. I want all of you to keep in mind that BUSINESS IS BUSINESS. Xat Chats is the Administrators business, and the point of a business is to profit. We get that, right? There is absolutely nothing wrong with Administrators trying to capitalize and make as much money from xat as possible. That should be understandable. But weekly powers WILL NOT BRING THAT ABOUT. Weekly powers mean NOTHING without users to purchase them. The more USERS you bring in, the more money you will make, regardless of how often you are releasing powers. Users want new features as well, not just an influx of things that don't do anything but look cosmetically pleasing. FIXING THE ISSUE (this is simply a stated opinion of how I think xat should see about fixing its future) In my opinion xat needs to put a HALT to all its current development. XAT needs to take a hard overview at the numbers, and how and why it is declining. Start implementing strategic ideas on how they will increase the USER BASE. Xat needs to focus on bringing chats back on to these websites, and a flashplayer will NOT allow this. XAT needs to look at replacing a system that is almost obsolete,Xat needs to start "moving with the times". I believe xat should work on its core, the engine, before even getting to something like mobile. Mobile is a great idea to bring in users, BUT WITH THE PROPER IMPLEMENTATION. If the mobile that you are building today, was being built back 3/4 years ago, that would have been acceptable. But at this point you are just recreating a system that will surely fail in the future. If I'm not mistaken, FLASHPLAYER has been used by xat since it started chats in 2006. XAT needs to work on getting a professional team of developers together to make xat great again. Seems like xat admins need some help at this point. And I know it's easier said than done, but the best opportunity you had to do this was when xat was at its peak, when the flow of money was going. You can only make something better by investing into it. And this one needs more time and expertise invested into it. Here are some Ideas I have: (in no specific order) - Work on Advertising xat on social medias (facebook, instagram, adwords etc etc.) - Work on creating a slicker chat so that it doesn't look so clunky or outdated on websites (maybe also adding a "mini" xat version that is easier to implement on to websites without taking so much space) - mini xat idea here - Work on the engine/core of xat and make it more pleasing to the eye as well as efficient. - Stop dishing out weekly powers, (sometimes people can't keep up with so many new things, and eventually gets repetitive) - Create a strategic value of worth. ( according to recent prices EP is worth at 360k-380k. That's almost $1300 worth of powers ) Not many people can afford that, and the economy needs to somehow be adjusted. - Lastly, work on interacting and listening to users. This can be done even by simply surveying. I would dare you to survey your users now on the activity and how they feel about xat. You will get your response on how it's viewed. KEEP IN MIND, MOST OF THESE THINGS ARE THINGS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN TOUCHED IN 10 YEARS. I understand the phrase "if it works, why change it?" but in this case it is no longer working. I would like to request for all volunteers to give their opinion on this matter. (by choice) I would like to request for staff to give their opinion on this matter. @Admin And most importantly, I would like all users to give their IDEAS on how XAT can improve, and how XAT can work on bringing the user base up. I feel its our duty as long term AND NEW members to work on the community that we actively use/d. Fresh ideas are important to the development of a business and in my opinion, xat needs to freshen up a bit. Have thoughts regarding this matter that you would like @Admin to see? I would suggest tagging him in a reply with your thoughts. If you want to get the ball rolling, lets get some attention on this post. Thank you for taking the time to read this. And I hope XAT will change for the better. -Dann 32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Members TrueRedDevil Posted April 16, 2017 Advanced Members Share Posted April 16, 2017 How did it take you 10 years to make a forum account? edit: Nevermind then Im not sure how to feel anymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Members Dann Posted April 16, 2017 Author Advanced Members Share Posted April 16, 2017 3 minutes ago, TrueRedDevil said: How did it take you 10 years to make a forum account? Im not sure how to feel anymore What? Not sure what you are asking. I registered in 2009. check my profile and the post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volunteers SLOom Posted April 16, 2017 Volunteers Share Posted April 16, 2017 There are too much text, but i would like to agree about the ads/issues part. (The other parts aren't important at all. ) But well, some people also left xat because of the databreach that we had in 2015 and lost trust in xat. There is the fact that we don't have many things "free" like games so people who don't want to shell out money on xat, don't see interest and feel rejected because they are not part of the "premium" team. I already pointed this point a few years ago about having free games/things to give attention to users who don't want to pay on xat but it seems admins have no time for that or have no ideas. There is also the problem of people who take xat for a site where they can attack sensitive people and no longer take the time to come on xat or try to kill xat by trying to flee the weakest people. It might be nice if we moved into another universe when admins decided to do it so (you know what ..) xat would be alive again because I think xat has great potential to go further and not die like that. I would like to say, we have a terrible ticket system; why ? It's simple; Most of the volunteers have school and have no time to answer the tickets so each departments are delayed and people don't take the time to be patient and leave. If we had more volunteers that haven't school (even if it's not the solution), it would be cool because they would take the time to answer the tickets and we wouldn't have delayed departments. I don't criticize how the ticket system is handled, but the current problem that is causing some people. We saw that admins managed to listen to us (finally) when we had the new forum (youpi!) So nothing is lost for xat. They have managed to improve the security of users (account) compared to previous years where security was not really what was expected. There will always be someone behind to raise the stone that xat is. (Yes, xat is a huge site!) We shouldn't forget that from 2012, people have a life now and they have no time for xat. We probably lost people by that case. And of course, they should do a little more advertising for the site and attract the attention of people who are interested in discovering what xat is, what can be done on xat etc. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Members Dann Posted April 16, 2017 Author Advanced Members Share Posted April 16, 2017 @SlOom ty for your reply. I did not mention the breach due to xats inability to control it. But I do agree it made an impact on xat, one that we need to recover from. And I do agree that xat has A LOT of potential to make a great comeback. The security of people should always be number one priority in any business as it could cause a mass amount of users to stop using the service. But with a bit of dedication, the right team, and more of a proper direction it will all work out. @Admin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Members LaFleur Posted April 16, 2017 Advanced Members Share Posted April 16, 2017 An alternative HTML 5 chat version would be great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volunteers Lemona Posted April 16, 2017 Volunteers Share Posted April 16, 2017 Pretty well said. I agree on most of your ideas/points mentioned. Although I feel like xat should be focusing on gaining new users, it seems as though old users coming back to use the service are having the hardest time retrieving their account. Surely being held for inactivity for security reasons can be important, but are old users coming back to the service really going to wait one month OR MORE to be un-held to use it again? I mean yes they can make a new account however some accounts have true value and meaning to some people. 1 hour ago, dann said: - Lastly, work on interacting and listening to users. This can be done even by simply surveying. I would dare you to survey your users now on the activity and how they feel about xat. You will get your response on how it's viewed. This point really stood out to me. I've always wondered why there's never been some sort of feedback or feedback surveys within the xat community. I think feedback is crucial especially to something like xat that has a wide range of user base. It can help improve the service, is a good way to measure user satisfaction, and can be used to make better decisions etc. An idea I had in mind was some sort of feedback chat which could implement user surveys, feedback etc. A monthly report could then be given to contributors or administrators outlining the monthly concerns/feedback of its users. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Members Dann Posted April 17, 2017 Author Advanced Members Share Posted April 17, 2017 27 minutes ago, LaFleur said: An alternative HTML 5 chat version would be great. Yes, This is something that has been suggested, and should come into play. 4 minutes ago, Lemona said: Pretty well said. I agree on most of your ideas/points mentioned. Although I feel like xat should be focusing on gaining new users, it seems as though old users coming back to use the service are having the hardest time retrieving their account. Surely being held for inactivity for security reasons can be important, but are old users coming back to the service really going to wait one month OR MORE to be un-held to use it again? I mean yes they can make a new account however some accounts have true value and meaning to some people. This point really stood out to me. I've always wondered why there's never been some sort of feedback or feedback surveys within the xat community. I think feedback is crucial especially to something like xat that has a wide range of user base. It can help improve the service, is a good way to measure user satisfaction, and can be used to make better decisions etc. An idea I had in mind was some sort of feedback chat which could implement user surveys, feedback etc. A monthly report could then be given to contributors or administrators outlining the monthly concerns/feedback of its users. Yeah, Xat should think about what the users want, and what makes them stay here. They don't know unless they reach out somehow! as far as our user support goes, we need to work on it. it has degraded immensely and times are ridiculously outrages. good idea, maybe xat can garner some ideas from your post @Admin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Members CarlosDesigns Posted April 17, 2017 Advanced Members Share Posted April 17, 2017 I think this is an amazing post. I can completely relate to everything said in this, and strongly believe Xat needs a super big fix. Xat is becoming a deserted community. @Admin needs to consider this post and actually listen to us. Just to add to your post, I see some chats have preferred a similar option such as Discord, and it's for the reason Dann said. Discord may not have hundreds of powers, a trading option, and mini games, but it does have a very modern design first of all. Secondly it has other vital features like a sidebar that displays what groups you're in (perfect if you are in different gaming communities or just like chatting a lot), 100 percent customizable text and voice channels (unlike the pools in xat) and availability (such as Skype's), just to name a few. As mentioned in the post, Xat must modernize and not look for scraps of money, but a bigger audience for to not only get more money, but to expand their horizons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bot Service Providers Nezhit Posted April 17, 2017 Bot Service Providers Share Posted April 17, 2017 I'm sure that xat will be worked more. I personally remember all these things, I'm according to you were good times but now all the people are "older" you can see this, communities like MSN, AIM, MySpace, Orkut etc were closed(don't have a lot of people as it was before). They are using more of their time in WhatsApp or Facebook(same owners zz). I agree with LaFleur if xat work in an HTML5 platform should be great for the users when this is done will work better on a mobile device, no more lag on PCs etc. I also agree about the suggestion on Google AdWords, it's a nice suggestion should work. I also suggest the admins do this on Facebook / Twitter(promote xat official pages). Why a big social networking as xat(that is listed on Alexa's rank in 17,581th) don't have a big page on social pages like Facebook / Twitter / and others things. Why aren't the pages verified? This is a simple way to fix.(should be more attractive). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Members Dann Posted April 17, 2017 Author Advanced Members Share Posted April 17, 2017 10 hours ago, CarlosDesigns said: I think this is an amazing post. I can completely relate to everything said in this, and strongly believe Xat needs a super big fix. Xat is becoming a deserted community. @Admin needs to consider this post and actually listen to us. Just to add to your post, I see some chats have preferred a similar option such as Discord, and it's for the reason Dann said. Discord may not have hundreds of powers, a trading option, and mini games, but it does have a very modern design first of all. Secondly it has other vital features like a sidebar that displays what groups you're in (perfect if you are in different gaming communities or just like chatting a lot), 100 percent customizable text and voice channels (unlike the pools in xat) and availability (such as Skype's), just to name a few. As mentioned in the post, Xat must modernize and not look for scraps of money, but a bigger audience for to not only get more money, but to expand their horizons. @CarlosDesigns Totally Agree, Hope @Admin will decide to listen, so that we can progress as a community. 10 hours ago, Laming said: I'm sure that xat will be worked more. I personally remember all these things, I'm according to you were good times but now all the people are "older" you can see this, communities like MSN, AIM, MySpace, Orkut etc were closed(don't have a lot of people as it was before). They are using more of their time in WhatsApp or Facebook(same owners zz). I agree with LaFleur if xat work in an HTML5 platform should be great for the users when this is done will work better on a mobile device, no more lag on PCs etc. I also agree about the suggestion on Google AdWords, it's a nice suggestion should work. I also suggest the admins do this on Facebook / Twitter(promote xat official pages). Why a big social networking as xat(that is listed on Alexa's rank in 17,581th) don't have a big page on social pages like Facebook / Twitter / and others things. Why aren't the pages verified? This is a simple way to fix.(should be more attractive). @Laming Thanks for your post, I must disagree with the fact that just because people get "older" it would affect any type of activity. The point would be to get more users on and keep demographic going. new users will come and age is really not a factor. The HTML5 platform is something that needs to be done at this point. And I agree with your social media to page ranking, we should be more out there when it comes to these aspects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Members LeJon Posted April 17, 2017 Advanced Members Share Posted April 17, 2017 16 hours ago, dann said: - Stop dishing out weekly powers, (sometimes people can't keep up with so many new things, and eventually gets repetitive) - Create a strategic value of worth. ( according to recent prices EP is worth at 360k-380k. That's almost $1300 worth of powers ) Not many people can afford that, and the economy needs to somehow be adjusted. - Lastly, work on interacting and listening to users. This can be done even by simply surveying. I would dare you to survey your users now on the activity and how they feel about xat. You will get your response on how it's viewed. Perfect. Though I don't see this thread doing anything to change how poorly the site is run, I've seen millions of these in my time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Members Dann Posted April 17, 2017 Author Advanced Members Share Posted April 17, 2017 10 minutes ago, LeJon said: Perfect. Though I don't see this thread doing anything to change how poorly the site is run, I've seen millions of these in my time. Thank you, @LeJon regarding your response. What exactly is being run poorly? And do you have any suggestion for them to fix that issue? The point for this post is essentially so admins can take a look at how the community feels, and what should be done to fix it. (and with the hopes that they will take a look and consider our opinions) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Members LeJon Posted April 17, 2017 Advanced Members Share Posted April 17, 2017 30 minutes ago, dann said: What exactly is being run poorly? And do you have any suggestion for them to fix that issue? Mailed you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volunteers Crow Posted April 17, 2017 Volunteers Share Posted April 17, 2017 On 16/04/2017 at 11:17 PM, dann said: And most importantly, I would like all users to give their IDEAS on how XAT can improve, and how XAT can work on bringing the user base up. First of all, I thought your post was very inspiring, and it's great to hear your feedback and ideas. My own idea to improve xat, and you may have seen me post this before, is to add more free two-player games, such as checkers, pong (or air hockey), and football. Perhaps even volleyball too. [concept art from the Slime Soccer game. You can see videos on YouTube.] Some of my best memories on xat are playing pool with my old friend, and that's just one game. Granted, these games aren't easy to make, but I can almost guarantee they'd be popular, if added. Aside from how fun, addicting and refreshing they are, they're also a great way to meet new people - "Anyone want to play football?", etc. Those are my thoughts anyway. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Members TinkerDoodle Posted April 18, 2017 Advanced Members Share Posted April 18, 2017 It'd be neat to see @Admin reply to this post because the op has some phenomenal points here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Members Jedi Posted April 18, 2017 Advanced Members Share Posted April 18, 2017 As you may know, I own a bot provider. Since now few months I keep lossing bots. They don't go to others, they simply quit xat. 16 hours ago, LeJon said: Though I don't see this thread doing anything to change how poorly the site is run, I've seen millions of these in my time. And this guy is right, how many posts like this do we need to create? In my opinion, it's too late. Too many users left. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Members lcky Posted April 18, 2017 Advanced Members Share Posted April 18, 2017 Its really looks like too late . xat used to have chats filled with users , but now , except 1 - 2 chats , rest of all chats are just dead . hardly 2 - 3 users . People loosing thier intrest just because nothing new is coming up. well its never late , we can have something new which can create intrest of users back in xat. i hope it hapens . some changes i feel should be done is like 1. Release new powers at power auction , not like always at store 2. or release powers for days ? instead of xats always . 3. and specially need to stop releasing powers every week . and not releasing powers of same kind eg we have 6 - 7 easter powers , love powers 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volunteers SLOom Posted April 18, 2017 Volunteers Share Posted April 18, 2017 42 minutes ago, lcky said: 1. Release new powers at power auction , not like always at store 2. or release powers for days ? instead of xats always . 3. and specially need to stop releasing powers every week . and not releasing powers of same kind eg we have 6 - 7 easter powers , love powers Not going to agree with you; why? Releasing powers on auction power isn't a good idea because not everyone likes it and would rather have it on store directly because some people has no patience. Releasing powers in days instead of xats isn't a good idea also; Not everyone has 1k days on its account. Stop releasing powers isn't again a good idea, because people are waiting for a power each week and if it was going to happen, it would be more dead than it is actually; plus the powers theme isn't important, they just need to be creative. Xat is living with powers, xats, days and if you are going to stop everything related to that; you can say bye to xat. I would like to agree, we need more powers auction, auction ID etc.. but actually, admins don't have the mind for or just have no time for (No i'm not talking for them but according to the current situation). It would be cool if one day, something new is coming but actually we can't say since mobile is still the top priority for them since a few years and we can't remove it from them. And it's never too late for xat; If you are saying it's too late, it's that you are not fully interested by make it alive again. Yes a lot of users left xat, but it was probably good for them (Maybe work, school or idk?) because each day there are always new users, we just need to keep them and make them interested about xat. There are a lot of things to do on xat if you are interested by developement web etc.. (Like understand xat packets, how does a bot works, how does the chat works etc..) If i'm still on xat, it's because i got interested by xat packets, bots etc.. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members xNicu Posted April 18, 2017 Members Share Posted April 18, 2017 Totally agree ! Is time for a change ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Members Bau Posted April 18, 2017 Advanced Members Share Posted April 18, 2017 It is so perfect from everyone that I do not have to add anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Members Huugo Posted April 18, 2017 Advanced Members Share Posted April 18, 2017 I agree with the post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Members Dann Posted April 18, 2017 Author Advanced Members Share Posted April 18, 2017 14 hours ago, Crow said: First of all, I thought your post was very inspiring, and it's great to hear your feedback and ideas. My own idea to improve xat, and you may have seen me post this before, is to add more free two-player games, such as checkers, pong (or air hockey), and football. Perhaps even volleyball too. [concept art from the Slime Soccer game. You can see videos on YouTube.] Some of my best memories on xat are playing pool with my old friend, and that's just one game. Granted, these games aren't easy to make, but I can almost guarantee they'd be popular, if added. Aside from how fun, addicting and refreshing they are, they're also a great way to meet new people - "Anyone want to play football?", etc. Those are my thoughts anyway. GAMES GAMES GAMES! These minigames were seriously addicting at one point. And it did allow for more user interaction and time spent on xat! good one. 11 hours ago, TinkerDoodle said: It'd be neat to see @Admin reply to this post because the op has some phenomenal points here Seems like it's not going to happen, but won't stop trying! (Y) 5 hours ago, Jedi said: As you may know, I own a bot provider. Since now few months I keep lossing bots. They don't go to others, they simply quit xat. And this guy is right, how many posts like this do we need to create? In my opinion, it's too late. Too many users left. @Jedi I'm sorry to hear your bot service is declining in users. But I believe these posts need to be made, even if repetitive. I understand the frustration, but the only way for your bot provider to do better, would be for xat to regain the user base. And we MUST bring attention to it. If we can get Admins to work on some values to regain users, then everyone will benefit. I'm not sure why they don't see that. And I believe we deserve an answer. 5 hours ago, lcky said: Its really looks like too late . xat used to have chats filled with users , but now , except 1 - 2 chats , rest of all chats are just dead . hardly 2 - 3 users . People loosing thier intrest just because nothing new is coming up. well its never late , we can have something new which can create intrest of users back in xat. i hope it hapens . some changes i feel should be done is like 1. Release new powers at power auction , not like always at store 2. or release powers for days ? instead of xats always . 3. and specially need to stop releasing powers every week . and not releasing powers of same kind eg we have 6 - 7 easter powers , love powers @lcky thank you for your response. But you yourself stated "its never too late". I agree with some of your topics, hopefully admins will take a look. 4 hours ago, SlOom said: Not going to agree with you; why? Releasing powers on auction power isn't a good idea because not everyone likes it and would rather have it on store directly because some people has no patience. Releasing powers in days instead of xats isn't a good idea also; Not everyone has 1k days on its account. Stop releasing powers isn't again a good idea, because people are waiting for a power each week and if it was going to happen, it would be more dead than it is actually; plus the powers theme isn't important, they just need to be creative. @SlOom This post speaks a lot. I also don't believe powers should stop releasing, but it needs to be less often. 400+ powers and counting...when is it too much? when is EP too expensive? how can this be controlled? The prices will inflate/deflate drastically with weekly powers. @Admin WELL, what do YOU think? We are all waiting to see your response. I think the community deserves to see where you are at regarding bringing Xat back to life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Members LaFleur Posted April 18, 2017 Advanced Members Share Posted April 18, 2017 What about paying huge anime sites to use the xat chat (crunchyroll, kissanime, sidereel, anime-loads). This could increase the user base, considering that I and most of my old friends found xat by anime sites. However, i think working on xats chat, features, bugs would have to be done before. Btw, what you may also consider, the user base might increase once the mobile app is released to public on play store/app store, etc. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Members Dann Posted April 18, 2017 Author Advanced Members Share Posted April 18, 2017 1 hour ago, LaFleur said: What about paying huge anime sites to use the xat chat (crunchyroll, kissanime, sidereel, anime-loads). This could increase the user base, considering that I and most of my old friends found xat by anime sites. However, i think working on xats chat, features, bugs would have to be done before. Btw, what you may also consider, the user base might increase once the mobile app is released to public on play store/app store, etc. Thank you for your response @LaFleur I don't necessarily think that paying a website to use Xat would work. Generally People Search for things they would like to add to their site ( a chatbox for example). So IMO xat should advertise so that people looking for chats on their site can chose XAT if they like it. Spending money on advertising with search engines will allow people to find Xat easily (by ranking top sites on those specific types of searches) and find what they are looking for. They just need to work with the keywords because finding a chat like this is kind of specific. Regarding your next point, I believe 100% the app will bring in more users, without a doubt. But what is so good about an app, when you need to work on the core. The core of xat is the website chats, you can't make the app good but the chat boxes the same thing as 2008(outdated). To me, it doesn't make sense. If xat was to work on the core, then come to mobile and base the mobile version on the core of xat (a new updated chatbox), then THAT would be considered change. This is just my two-cents, remember this is all opinion based. So who really cares what we say, right? I can see Xat doesn't @Admin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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