We had one before, it got abused and the mods spent longer telling people off than anything else.
It actually had a negative effect on stats because people started asking questions in the chat than starting threads.
Because it would need monitoring and some people just cant handle having restrictions and rules we wont ~ever~ be having one again.
Threads mean people reading them and replying. That in turn means page impressions and that means banner impressions. Banners aka: adverts are how the site makes money.
No money, no site. Simple as.
