Please Bring Back Chat

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Many people are voicing their sorrow that the chat room has disappeared from Happy Cow. The chat room was a fantastic avenue for vegans and vegetarians to share their experiences, recipes, and simply a place for people who don't have many others who share their values to commiserate. It was a valuable resource for new vegans and vegetarians to get real-time information and support. It would be a shame to see it not return.

samken · Answer

I second the eloquent plea by Beatnik to see the chat room return. The chat room allowed vegan friendships to flourish, assisted baby vegans in taking bigger steps, and even converted the occasional carcass eater who found his match in the chat room. Happy Cow's indispensable list of vegan restaurants and vegan chat are synergistic. They share a symbiotic relationship. Please bring back chat. Make the Happy Cow whole again!

jen.mangomouse · Answer

Where's chat? Waaaahhh! I so enjoyed visiting chat, in hopes of helping out new vegans, vegetarians, and veg-curious people. New folks would come in and express relief that there was somewhere to go for support, friendship, and information from actual people in real time. 'Old' folks (people who'd return to chat again & again) enjoyed keeping in touch this way too! Hoping you will bring the chat room back. : )

eric · Answer

Hi Guys-
Sorry about that, it was an oversight. We'll have it back asap... probably a day or two. I can post again here once it's live.

Zo · Answer

Surprised to see the chat down, it served such an influential avenue for people to connect from around the world on such a noble common ground,possibly even meet and develop life changing relationships like many have. Not to mention the information people are able to access by talking to real life people when entering the VEG life style. I think it would serve a big purpose to have it up and running again. 
Thank you for your time, service and consideration making the world a better place with happycow.net.

missdawn · Answer

Yes, what they all said, gosh dernit! Chat is an integral aspect of this website. It provides a sense of community that, for some, may otherwise not exist. 

Dawn

BlueTurtle · Answer

(:-:) pleassssseeee let us have chat back :)

/me runs back and forth hopefully

oneoh1 · Answer

I've been using the HC chat room since 08. My veggie home away from home. Lots of great people chat it up there and it's fun to interact on the many veggie issues. It's used extensively by established members and it's a great encouragement for new veggies who drop in. Please bring back the chat room !

Frenchtoasty · Answer

I almost had a panic attack when I couldn't find the chat feature, the community that has built there is absolutely incredible and feels like family. miss y'all. Can't wait for it to be back up!

eric · Answer

Hi Everyone, 
The link is back to the chat room on your profile page now. We'll implement it better asap.
Cheers, Eric

Pete- old energy · Answer

I badly miss chat because of the friendships I have made.  Not often do I have the time to spend on Chat, but when I do those minutes are valuable for my knowledge and for a bit of online social experience.

Pete

Cascadian · Answer

Thanks for bringing back chat, Eric! It would be great to have it and the events calendar featured more prominently in the links section at the top of the main page. :-)

betterMonica · Answer

Here you can find many friends. It is very important.

arb84820 · Answer

What happened to the chat! ?

Pete- old energy · Answer

Chat has been forgotten again!

eric · Answer

Hi Pete & Arb,
We introduced an instant messaging system and plan on using that for a new group chat as well. It may take a month or more though until we implemented. We removed the chat (without notice- Sorry!) because the code isn't very secure and it had potential to be abused. Apologies for the inconvenience.

arb84820 · Answer

Thanks for the update Eric!
Looking forward to the new updates and chatting with all my HC friends again!

__sun__life · Answer

is chat back and I'm missing it?

aMarzal · Answer

Chat room will be an awesome feature  :D

arb84820 · Answer

FYI - I started a "HappyCow Chat" on the Vegan Amino App. Please feel free to download it and join the chatroom temporarily until the actual Happycow chat is up and running again! Hope to see you all there! (My username there is the same as it is here, add me as a friend!)

arb84820 · Answer

Please don't forget about the chatroom! It has been 3 months, 2 days, 14 minutes, and 37 seconds since the chatroom disappeared and what am I supposed to do? "Make friends in real life"? I mean, C'mon, lets be serious! We need our chatroom back! I will take care of any Russian hackers who try to access the secrets of veganism! #UberhackerExtraordinaire

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