[Coco] CoCo Cafe public chatrooms

[Roger Taylor]

To everyone who's been hanging out this past week in the CoCo Cafe 
chat rooms...  I have a special message.

I want you to feel welcome that you can come back in and talk freely 
like you always have, without worrying about your messages being 
publicized by other visitors.  CoCo3.com does not record or save live 
chat sessions.  Your entire session scrolls off the screen with each 
new message.  The only log file in existence is the session file, a 
simple .txt file that holds your nickname, a temporary session ID, 
and the room you're in.  THAT'S IT!  When you leave the room, or sit 
idle for 15 minutes, your session is deleted.

NOW... I think it's obvious that since web pages can be saved, and 
text can be copied and pasted from HTML pages, that nothing you post 
on the internet is really safe.  Anybody hanging out in the chatrooms 
can, without my ability to prevent, record or capture live chat 
sessions.  I knew this issue would come up eventually, and I'm sorry 
that this is the way the internet works, but *** I ain't scared ***.  :)

I've watched the chatroom go from 17-18 people a night to a fraction 
of that since the post about the chat log issue.  I'm not sure this 
is the reason for the drop, but maybe it could be?

I don't want anybody to be afraid to talk open in the 
chatrooms.  This is your right.  But do be aware that what you say 
about other people and products might be held against you later, the 
same as it would from e-mail postings to the list, or private e-mails 
that were forwarded to other people without your consent.  Nothing is 
really private on the internet, so chat with this in mind, and Be Not 
Afraid to open that mouth and speak, no matter where you hang 
out.  It's all the same.

I for one have had a blast this past week.  Steve Bjork, Sock, and 
Nick, all three are 6809 geniouses and have taught me a lot over the 
years.  All three have been role models of mine, and to see us all 
hanging out talking and sharing ideas in real-time with other 
CoCoNuts chiming in, is something Well worth being a part of.

So I'm asking you to keep coming back and hang out with us all.

www.coco3.com




-- 
Roger Taylor