Site Feature Suggestion: Show number of people in chat

[elfword]

I've noticed most of the time I go to the chat tab, no one else is there. There's not much incentive to hang out and wait for others to arrive when you're pretty certain most others are having the same experience. Why not display the number of people in the main channel on the tab itself (e.g. CHAT (5) ), so once one or two people are in the chat, others browsing the site will be more likely to see and join them?

 

[Shepherd]

a simple and elegant solution... I like the way you think elfword.

And I like the name.

 

[Badorties]

smart thinking!

 

[Essej]

I've noticed most of the time I go to the chat tab, no one else is there. There's not much incentive to hang out and wait for others to arrive when you're pretty certain most others are having the same experience. Why not display the number of people in the main channel on the tab itself (e.g. CHAT (5) ), so once one or two people are in the chat, others browsing the site will be more likely to see and join them?

+1