Hi Shelby, and may I appologize for accidentally calling you "Shelly"?
I'm not sure exactly how that entry greeting went. Something about the chat room being available at all hours for patients but that scheduled chats happen at:
Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays 8 am 12 pm and 4 pm and Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9 am 2pm and 6 pm.
All times are Pacific (that's the time zone the MPIP used)
As it turned out, there were people in that chat room every morning and every evening all the time back then. But I remember well that the first time I went in, it was mid day, and no one was there, but I saw that sign and went back that evening and had my first interactions with other patients, Charlie, Lynn from Oz and DebbieH and MarieM.
It was a while before I realized that some of those 'regular's didn't even remember that there were 'scheduled chats' (they bypassed the greeting by using a direct link to the chat room" But for a long time, I came in right at the exact time of those 'scheduled' chats, looking for people. I know that others did too.
I feel like even if we don't actually have a ~host~ in the chat room, if there are times listed, people are more likely to come on in.
I think it's an easy enough thing to try..to see if that room can be revived.
The last few months, I've posted a few times on the main board that I would be in the chat room at certain times, and several people have showed up at those times. So I think people want to chat, but too often go in and find the room empty. Maybe a simple time schedule like this would encourage people to revive that room.
I still go in almost every day when I am not out of town.
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